UZZIEL

u-zi'-el, uz'-i-el, oo'-zi-el (`uzzi'el, "El (God) is my strength"):

(1) A "son" of Kohath (Exodus 6:18,22; Leviticus 10:4; Numbers 3:19,30; 1 Chronicles 6:2,18 (Hebrews 5:14; 6:3); 15:10; 23:12,20; 24:24), called in Leviticus 10:4 "uncle of Aaron." The family is called Uzzielites (ha`uzzi'eli (collectively)) in Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 26:23.

(2) A Simeonite captain (1 Chronicles 4:42).

(3) Head of a Benjamite (or according to Curtis a Zebulunite) family (1 Chronicles 7:7).

(4) A Hemanite musician (1 Chronicles 25:4); The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Azarael = "Azarel," the name given in 1 Chronicles 25:18.

See AZAREL .

(5) A Levite "son" of Jeduthun (2 Chronicles 29:14).

(6) A goldsmith who joined in repairing the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:8).

(7) The reading of Septuagint (Oziel) for Jahaziel in 1 Chronicles 23:19.

See JAHAZIEL , (3).

David Francis Roberts

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