Uzziel

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proper noun

A minor character in the Old Testament.

“Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.”

OriginHebrew עֻזִּיאֵל →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A minor character in the Old Testament.

    Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.

  2. A name ascribed to a cherub.

    When Gabriel to his next in power thus spake. Uzziel, half these draw off, and coast the South With strictest watch;

    1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 781–783
  3. rareA male given name from Hebrew.

Origin

  1. Hebrewעֻזִּיאֵל“strength of God”
  2. EnglishUzziel

From Hebrew עֻזִּיאֵל (“strength of God”).

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APA

Uzziel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uzziel

MLA

“Uzziel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uzziel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Uzziel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uzziel.

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