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Lexicon :: Strong's H5798 - ʿuzzā'

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עֻזָּא
Transliteration
ʿuzzā'
Pronunciation
ooz-zaw'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עֻזָּא ʻUzzâʼ, ooz-zaw'; or עֻזָּה ʻUzzâh; feminine of H5797; strength; Uzza or Uzzah, the name of five Israelites:—Uzza, Uzzah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H5798 in the following manner: Uzza (10x), Uzzah (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H5798 in the following manner: Uzza (10x), Uzzah (4x).

  1. Uzza or Uzzah = "strength"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a man slain by Jehovah for touching the sacred ark

    2. a Benjamite of the sons of Ehud

    3. ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

    4. a Merarite Levite

      proper locative noun

    5. the garden where kings Manasseh and Amon of Judah were buried

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֻזָּא ʻUzzâʼ, ooz-zaw'; or עֻזָּה ʻUzzâh; feminine of H5797; strength; Uzza or Uzzah, the name of five Israelites:—Uzza, Uzzah.
STRONGS H5798: Abbreviations
† עֻזָּא proper name, masculine Οζα, Αζα :
1. driver of the ark 2 Samuel 6:3 = עֻזָּה 2 Samuel 6:6; 2 Samuel 6:7; 2 Samuel 6:8 = עֻזָּא 1 Chronicles 13:7, 9, 10, 11.
2. in גַּןעֻֿזָּא burial-place of Manasseh and Amon 2 Kings 21:18, 26 (ע׳ perhaps = עֻזִּיָּה, compare StaG i. 569, ii. 679 Kit).
3. Benjamite name 1 Chronicles 8:7.
4. head of family of returned exiles Ezra 2:49 = Nehemiah 7:51.

† עֻזָּה proper name, masculine
1. Levite name 1 Chronicles 6:14, Οζ(ι)α, Αζα.
2. see עֻזָּא above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

6:3; 6:6; 6:7; 6:8

2 Kings

21:18; 21:26

1 Chronicles

6:14; 8:7; 13:7; 13:9; 13:10; 13:11

Ezra

2:49

Nehemiah

7:51

H5798

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5798 matches the Hebrew עֻזָּא (ʿuzzā'),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - They placed the ark of God on [fn]a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:6 -

When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out [with his hand] to the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen [stumbled and] nearly overturned it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 - And [fn]the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:8 - David became [fn]angry and grieved and offended because of the LORD’S outburst against Uzzah, and that place has been called Perez-uzzah (outburst against Uzzah) to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:18 - Manasseh slept with his fathers [in death] and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:26 - He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:29 - The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:7 - Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera—he forced them into exile; he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7 - They [fn]carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio [his brother] drove the cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:9 -

When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold and steady the ark, for the oxen [that were drawing the cart] [fn]nearly overturned it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10 - The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, and He struck him down because he touched the ark; and there he died before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11 - David became angry because of the LORD’S outburst against Uzza; so that place is called [fn]Perez-uzza to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:49 - the sons of Uzza, Paseah, Besai,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:51 - the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah,
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