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Lexicon :: Strong's H223 - 'ûrîyâ

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אוּרִיָּה
Transliteration
'ûrîyâ
Pronunciation
oo-ree-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אוּרִיָּה ʼÛwrîyâh, oo-ree-yaw'; or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ ʼÛwrîyâhûw ; from H217 and H3050; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites:—Uriah, Urijah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H223 in the following manner: Uriah (28x), Urijah (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H223 in the following manner: Uriah (28x), Urijah (11x).

  1. Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)"

    1. Hittite husband of Bathsheba

    2. a priest who built king Ahaz' heathen altar

    3. a priest who rebuilt Jerusalem's wall

    4. a prophet slain by Jehoiakim

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוּרִיָּה ʼÛwrîyâh, oo-ree-yaw'; or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ ʼÛwrîyâhûw ; from H217 and H3050; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites:—Uriah, Urijah.
STRONGS H223: Abbreviations
אוּרִיָּה proper name, masculine (flame of Yah or my light is Yah see H3050 יָהּ).
1. Hittite husband of Bathsheba 2 Samuel 11:3f; 2 Samuel 23:39.
2. priest in reign of Ahaz Isaiah 8:2; 2 Kings 16:10f.
3. priest in time of Nehemiah Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:4, 21; Nehemiah 8:4.

† אוּרִיָּ֫הוּ proper name, masculine (flame of Yahweh or my light is Yahweh see H3068 יהוה) a prophet slain by Jehoiakim Jeremiah 26:20.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

11:3; 23:39

2 Kings

16:10

Ezra

8:33

Nehemiah

3:4; 3:21; 8:4

Isaiah

8:2

Jeremiah

26:20

H223

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H223 matches the Hebrew אוּרִיָּה ('ûrîyâ),
which occurs 24 times in 19 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:3 - and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:6 - So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:7 - When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:9 - But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:10 - David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” So he asked Uriah, “Haven’t you just come from a military campaign? Why didn’t you go home?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents,[fn] and my commander Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:12 - Then David said to him, “Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:14 - In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - In it he wrote, “Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:16 - So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17 - When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David’s army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:21 - Who killed Abimelek son of Jerub-Besheth[fn]? Didn’t a woman drop an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then say to him, ‘Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:24 - Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:26 - When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10 - Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:15 - After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:39 - and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
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