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Uzziah

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[uh-zahy-uh] / əˈzaɪ ə /

noun

  1. the son and successor of Amaziah as king of Judah, reigned 783?–742? b.c. 2 Kings 15:13, 30–34.


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

But "In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord."

From Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day by Brown, Charles Reynolds

So Uzziah died; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, "He is a leper": and Jotham his son reigned.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

"In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord, high and lifted up, sitting upon His throne and His glory filled the temple."

From Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day by Brown, Charles Reynolds

Of Uzziah, visited on account of his sin, it is said in 2 Kings xv.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm