Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H223

Strong's H223 · Hebrew

אוּרִיָּה

ʼÛwrîyâh · /oo-ree-yaw'/

Number
H223
Language
Hebrew
Original word
אוּרִיָּה
Transliteration
ʼÛwrîyâh
Pronunciation
oo-ree-yaw'
KJV occurrences
33 verses

Definition

Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites

KJV: Uriah, Urijah.

Root / derivation: or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ ; from H217 (אוּר) and H3050 (יָהּ); flame of Jah;

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered אוּרִיָּה across 33 verses.

Uriah27×
Urijah11×
Uriah's1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

33 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

2 Samuel19 verses
2 Samuel 11:3

And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

2 Samuel 11:6

And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

2 Samuel 11:7

And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. how Joab: Heb. of the peace of, etc

2 Samuel 11:8

And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. followed: Heb. went out after him

2 Samuel 11:9

But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

2 Samuel 11:10

And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

2 Samuel 11:11

And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

2 Samuel 11:12

And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

2 Samuel 11:14

And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

2 Samuel 11:15

And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. hottest: Heb. strong from him: Heb. from after him

2 Samuel 11:16

And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

2 Samuel 11:17

And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

2 Samuel 11:21

Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

2 Samuel 11:24

And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

2 Samuel 11:26

And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

2 Samuel 12:9

Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

2 Samuel 12:10

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

2 Samuel 12:15

And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

2 Samuel 23:39

Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

1 Kings1 verse
2 Kings4 verses
2 Kings 16:10

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. Damascus: Heb. Dammesek

2 Kings 16:11

And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

2 Kings 16:15

And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.

2 Kings 16:16

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

1 Chronicles1 verse
Ezra1 verse
Nehemiah3 verses
Isaiah1 verse
Jeremiah3 verses

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H223 (ʼÛwrîyâh) mean?

Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites

How many times does H223 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H223 (אוּרִיָּה) appears in 33 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “Uriah.”

How is ʼÛwrîyâh translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H223 is rendered as “Uriah” (27×), “Urijah” (11×), “Uriah's” (1×).

Where does the Hebrew word אוּרִיָּה come from?

or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ ; from H217 (אוּר) and H3050 (יָהּ); flame of Jah;