אוּרִיָּה

Strong’s Definition

Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ; from H217 (אוּר) and H3050 (יָהּ); flame of Jah;

KJV Usage

Uriah, Urijah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼÛwrîyâh; Pronunciation: oo-ree-yaw'