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The meaning of Uzzi in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)uz'-i ('uzzi, perhaps "my strength"):
(1) A descendant of Aaron and high priest, unknown apart from these sources (I Chronicles 6:5-6, I Chronicles 6:51 (Hebrew 5:31-32; 6:36); Ezra 7:4).
(2) An eponym of a family of Issachar (I Chronicles 7:2-3).
(3) Head of a Benjamite family (I Chronicles 7:7), or more probably of a Zebulunite family (see Curtis, Chron., 145-49).
(4) Father of Elah, a Benjamite (I Chronicles 9:8), perhaps the same as (5).
(5) A son of Bani and overseer of the Levitea in Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:22).
(6) Head of the priestly family of Jedaiah (Nehemiah 12:19, Nehemiah 12:42).
David Francis Roberts
See more on the meaning of Uzzi in the Bible:
Uzzi {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Uzzi {Hitchcock's Bible Name}
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