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u'-ri, oo'-ri (uri (uwri in 1 Kings 4:19), "fiery," unless the word be contracted for 'uriyah, "Uriah"):

(1) Son of Hur, and father of Bezalel (Exodus 31:2; 35:30; 38:22; 1 Chronicles 2:20; 2 Chronicles 1:5).

(2) Father of Geber, one of Solomon's 12 provision officers (1 Kings 4:19; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus, Adai).

(3) A porter who had married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:24; the Septuagint's Odouth; Codex Alexandrinus Odoue; Lucian Ourias).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.