Uzziah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Uzziah
From Hebrew Uzziyāhū “My strength is God”
Example Sentences
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As a young, sharply-dressed black man, Uzziah Harris stood out in several ways.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2020
And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned the space of a month in Samaria.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
The same power, of people's resisting princes, was exemplified in Uzziah or Azariah, when he would needs be supreme in things sacred as well as civil, 2 Kings xv.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields
Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
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