# H223 אוּרִיָּה

אוּרִיָּה (ʼÛwrîyâh), Strong’s H223: Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites KJV: Uriah, Urijah.. Occurs 39 times.

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*ʼÛwrîyâh* — Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites

KJV: Uriah, Urijah.

Built from [אוּר ʼûwr](https://besorah.bible/word/H217) (flame) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “flame of Jah”

Occurs 39 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=6) — David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
- [2 Samuel 11:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=14) — In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- [2 Samuel 11:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=15) — He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may…