Uzzi

uz'-i ('uzzi, perhaps "my strength"):

⇒See a list of verses on UZZI in the Bible.

(1) A descendant of Aaron and high priest, unknown apart from these sources (1Ch 6:5-6,51 (Heb 5:14,14; 6:20); Ezr 7:4).

(2) An eponym of a family of Issachar (1Ch 7:2-3).

⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

(3) Head of a Benjamite family (1Ch 7:7), or more probably of a Zebulunite family (see Curtis, Chron., 145-49).

(4) Father of Elah, a Benjamite (1Ch 9:8), perhaps the same as (5).

(5) A son of Bani and overseer of the Levitea in Jerusalem (Ne 11:22).

(6) Head of the priestly family of Jedaiah (Ne 12:19,42).

David Francis Roberts