Meaning
Uzziel u-zi'-el, uz'-i-el, oo'-zi-el (`uzzi'el, "El (God) is my strength"):
(1) A "son" of Kohath (Exo 6:18, Exo 6:22, Lev 10:4, Num 3:19, Num 3:30, 1Ch 6:2, 1Ch 6:18 (Heb 5:28; 6:3;); 15:10; 23:12,20; 24:24), called in Le 10:4 "uncle of Aaron." The family is called Uzzielites (ha`uzzi'eli (collectively)) in Num 3:27, 1Ch 26:23.
(2) A Simeonite captain (1Ch 4:42).
(3) Head of a Benjamite (or according to Curtis a Zebulunite) family (1Ch 7:7).
(4) A Hemanite musician (1Ch 25:4); The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Azarael = "Azarel," the name given in 1Ch 25:18.
See AZAREL.
(5) A Levite "son" of Jeduthun (2Ch 29:14).
(6) A goldsmith who joined in repairing the wall of Jerusalem (Ne 3:8).
(7) The reading of Septuagint (Oziel) for Jahaziel in 1Ch 23:19.
See JAHAZIEL, (3).
David Francis Roberts
