Strong H5818H5818Gעֻזִּיָּהוּ

Uzziah

One of the 5 senses of Strong H5818

Transliteration
‛ûzzîyâh ‛ûzzîyâhû
Pronunciation
{ooz-zee-yaw'} ooz-zee-yaw'-hoo
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.14.21;
son of: Amaziah (H558) and Jecoliah (H3203); married to Jerusha (H3388);
father of: Jotham (H3147H); also called Azariah at 2Ki.14.21; 15.1,6,7,8,17,23,27; 1xKJV: Ozias at Mat.1.8,9;

Meaning of the name

Uzziah = "my strength is Jehovah"

General definition

From H5797 and H3050; strength of Jah;
{Uzzijah} the name of five Israelites: - Uzziah.

In the biblical story

Uzziah

King of Judah, reigned 52 years

Uzziah (Azariah) was king of Judah, known for his long and prosperous reign.

In the Bible

Strong H5818G appears in 22 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • uzziah22

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 15:13
    Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
  2. 2 Kings 15:30
    And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
  3. 2 Kings 15:32
    In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
  4. 2 Kings 15:34
    And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
  5. 2 Chronicles 26:1
    Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
  6. 2 Chronicles 26:3
    Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
  7. 2 Chronicles 26:8
    And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
  8. 2 Chronicles 26:9
    Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
  9. 2 Chronicles 26:11
    Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
  10. 2 Chronicles 26:14
    And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
  11. 2 Chronicles 26:18
    And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God.
  12. 2 Chronicles 26:19
    Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.
  13. 2 Chronicles 26:21
    And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
  14. 2 Chronicles 26:22
    Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
  15. 2 Chronicles 26:23
    So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
  16. 2 Chronicles 27:2
    And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord. And the people did yet corruptly.
  17. Isaiah 1:1
    The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
  18. Isaiah 6:1
    In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
  19. Isaiah 7:1
    And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
  20. Hosea 1:1
    The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
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