H223

'Uwriyah

oo-ree-yaw'

Proper Name Masculine

or (prolonged) Uwriyahuw {oo-ree-yaw'-hoo}; from H217 and H3050; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites:--Uriah, Urijah.

Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)"

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