This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with ''U'' in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.
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Ucal
Agur ben Jakeh ( he, אָגוּר בִּן־יָקֶה, ʾĀgūr bīn-Yāqe) was a sage of Arab descent and a compiler of a collection of proverbs found in Proverbs 30, which is sometimes known as the ''Book of Agur'' or ''Sayings of Agur''.
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Uel UEL can refer to:
* UEFA Europa League, the second tier of European club football
* United Envirotech, a company based in Singapore
* University of East London, a public University in London, UK
* ''Universidade Estadual de Londrina'' ( State Univ ...
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Ulai
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Ulam Ulam may refer to:
* ULAM, the ICAO airport code for Naryan-Mar Airport, Russia
* Ulam (surname)
* Ulam (salad), a type of Malay salad
* ''Ulam'', a Filipino term loosely translated to viand or side dish; see Tapa (Filipino cuisine)
* Ulam, the l ...
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Ulla
Ulla is a given name. It is short for Ursula in German-speaking countries and Ulrika/Ulrikke in Scandinavian countries. As of 31 December 2011, there were 61,043 females named Ulla in Sweden, with the name being most popular during the 1930s a ...
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Ummah
' (; ar, أمة ) is an Arabic word meaning "community". It is distinguished from ' ( ), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. Thus, it can be said to be a supra-national community with a common history.
It is a synonym for ' ...
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Unni
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Uphaz
Uphaz is probably another name for Ophir (Book of Jeremiah 10:9).
Some, however, regard it as the name of an Indian colony in Yemen, southern Arabia; others as a place on or near the river Hyphasis (now the Beas), the south-eastern limit of the Pu ...
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Upharsin
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Ur
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Urbane
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Uri
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Uriah
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Uriel
Uriel or Auriel ( he, אוּרִיאֵל ''ʾŪrīʾēl'', " El/God is my flame"; el, Οὐριήλ ''Oúriēl''; cop, ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ ''Ouriēl''; it, Uriele; Geʽez and Amharic: or ) is the name of one of the archangels who is men ...
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Urim
In the Hebrew Bible, the Urim ( he, ''ʾŪrīm'', "lights") and the Thummim ( he, ''Tummīm'', meaning uncertain, possibly "perfections") are elements of the ''hoshen'', the breastplate worn by the High Priest attached to the ephod. They are ...
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Uthai
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Uz
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Uzai
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Uzal Uzal, in the Hebrew Bible, is a descendant of Joktan (Book of Genesis 10:27 ; 1 Chronicles 1:21), whose settlements are traced in the ancient name of Sanaʽa, the capital city of the Yemen. He was believed to be the founder of an Arabian tribe. Uza ...
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Uzzah
According to the Tanakh, עזה, Uzzah or Uzza, meaning "Her Strength", was an Israelite whose death is associated with touching the Ark of the Covenant. The account of Uzzah appears in two places in scripture: 2 Samuel 6:3-8 and 1 Chronicles 1 ...
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Uzzen-sherah
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Uzzi
Uzzi is a given name. One derivation is biblical, from ''Uzzî'' () meaning "my strength". The name can also be transliterated as Uzi. It may be a nickname for Uzza/Uzzah, Uzzia/Uzziah, and Uziel/Uzziel.
Biblical characters with this name:
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Uzziah
References
*Comay, Joan, ''Who's Who in the Old Testament'', Oxford University Press, 1971,
*Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the men of the Bible'', Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
*Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the women of the Bible'', Zondervan Publishing 1988,
*Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible'', Zondervan Publishing 1988,
*Tischler, Nancy M., ''All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world '', Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006
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