H223 אוּרִיָּה
ʼÛwrîyâh — Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
KJV: Uriah, Urijah.
Built from אוּר ʼûwr (flame) + יָהּ Yâhh (Jah, the sacred name) — means “flame of Jah”
Occurs 39 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אוּרִיָּה n.pr.m. (flame of Yah or my light is Yah v. יָהּ).
- 1 Hittite husband of Bathsheba
- 2 priest in reign of Ahaz
- 3 priest in time of Nehemiah
- אוּרִיָּ֫הוּ n.pr.m
- אוּרִיָּ֫הוּ n.pr.m. (flame of Yahweh or my light is Yahweh v. יהוה) a prophet slain by Jehoiakim Je 26:20.
Where it occurs
- 2 Samuel 11:3 — David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s…
- 2 Samuel 11:6 — David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
- 2 Samuel 11:7 — When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
- 2 Samuel 11:8 — David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift…
- 2 Samuel 11:9 — But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and didn’t go down to his house.
- 2 Samuel 11:10 — When they had told David, saying, “Uriah didn’t go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you come from a…
- 2 Samuel 11:11 — Uriah said to David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord…
- 2 Samuel 11:12 — David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day…
- 2 Samuel 11:14 — In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- 2 Samuel 11:15 — He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may…