Uzzi is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. One derivation is

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, 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: * Uzzi, high priest of Israel ( in 1 Chr., Σαουια in

Ezra Ezra ( fl. fifth or fourth century BCE) is the main character of the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was an important Jewish scribe (''sofer'') and priest (''kohen'') in the early Second Temple period. In the Greek Septuagint, t ...

; ), the son of Bukki, a descendant of

Aaron According to the Old Testament of the Bible, Aaron ( or ) was an Israelite prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament ...

(1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4) * Uzzi ben Sashai was the 3rd

Samaritan High Priest The Samaritan High Priest (in Samaritan Hebrew: ''haKa’en haGadol''; ) is the High Priest (in Modern Israeli Hebrew'': haKohen haGadol'') of the Samaritan community in the Holy Land, who call themselves the Israelite Samaritans. According to ...

according to Samaritan Genealogical Records. He may be identical to the Jewish High Priest, as his predecessor Bukki also may have been, although the patronyms imply different fathers which might be a product of an adoption or

levirate marriage Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his brother's widow. Levirate marriage has been practiced by societies with a strong clan structure in which exogamous marriage (i.e. marriage o ...

or being two different individuals According to Samaritan tradition, Uzzi hid the tent sanctuary of the desert wandering (

Mishkan According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle (), also known as the Tent of the Congregation (, also Tent of Meeting), was the portable earthly dwelling of God used by the Israelites from the Exodus until the conquest of Canaan. Moses was instru ...

) in a cave on

Mount Gerizim Mount Gerizim ( ; ; ; , or ) is one of two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the State of Palestine, Palestinian city of Nablus and the biblical city of Shechem. It forms the southern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated, the nor ...

when the Israelites introduced the cult in Shiloh, which was illegitimate from the Samaritan point of view.Reinhard Achenbach : ''Samaria III. Religion, history, and literature of the Samaritans'' . In: ''Religion'' Past ''and Present'' (RGG). 4th edition. Volume 7, Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 2004, Sp. 817-818. * Uzzi, (; ), a grandson of

Issachar Issachar () was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fifth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's ninth son), and the founder of the Israelites, Israelite Tribe of Issachar. However, some Biblical criticism, Biblical scholars view this as ...

(1 Chr. 7:2, 3) * Uzzi, (; ), a son of Bela, and grandson of

Benjamin Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...

(1 Chr. 7:7) * Uzzi, (; ), a Benjamite, a chief in the tribe (1 Chr. 9:8) * Uzzi, (; ), a son of Bani, had the oversight of the Levites after the return from captivity (Neh. 11:22) * Uzzi, (; ), the head of the house of Jedaiah, one of "the chief of the priests" (Neh. 12:19) * Uzzi, (; ) a priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

(Neh. 12:42) Other people with this given name include: * Alin Adrian "Uzzi" Demeter, Romanian Hip-Hop artist and member of B.U.G. Mafia * Uzzi Ornan (1923–2022), Israeli linguist and social activist * Uzzi Reiss (born 1945), American physician

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{{given name High priests of Israel Samaritan high priests Set index articles on Hebrew Bible people

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