<strong>UZZI</strong> (ŭz'ī, Heb. <em>‘uzzî, strong</em>)<br /><br />

One of Aaron’s descendants who became the father of Zerahiah (<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.6">1Chr.6.6</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="1Chr.6.51">1Chr.6.51</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Ezra.7.4">Ezra.7.4</bibleref>).Tola’s son from the family of Issachar (<bibleref ref="1Chr.7.2-1Chr.7.3">1Chr.7.2-1Chr.7.3</bibleref>).Bela’s son from the tribe of Benjamin (<bibleref ref="1Chr.7.7">1Chr.7.7</bibleref>).Another Benjamite, the father of Elah who returned to Jerusalem from the Captivity (<bibleref ref="1Chr.9.8">1Chr.9.8</bibleref>).The son of Bani living at Jerusalem and an overseer of the Levites (<bibleref ref="Neh.11.22">Neh.11.22</bibleref>).A priest in the family of Jedaiah (<bibleref ref="Neh.12.19">Neh.12.19</bibleref>).<br /><br />

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<strong>UZZI</strong> <strong>uz’ ī</strong> (<span class="hebrew">עֻזִּ֡י</span>, <em>my strength</em>). 1. A priest in the line of Eleazar, the descendant of Aaron (<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.5">1 Chron 6:5</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="1Chr.6.6">6</bibleref>). Some scholars think that he was a contemporary of Eli, the priest at Shiloh in the days of Samuel, the prophet.<br /><br />

2. The first-born of Tola, a descendant of Issachar. The genealogy of Tola and Uzzi is very large. The men of these families are referred to as “mighty warriors” (<bibleref ref="1Chr.7.2">1 Chron 7:2</bibleref>).

3. The second-born son of Bela, a descendant of Benjamin (<bibleref ref="1Chr.7.7">1 Chron 7:7</bibleref>). His family also were noted as warriors.

4. A Benjaminite family head (<bibleref ref="1Chr.9.8">1 Chron 9:8</bibleref>). He may be identical with the Uzzi mentioned in 3 above.

5. A Levite, the son of Bani, a descendant of Asaph (<bibleref ref="Neh.11.22">Neh 11:22</bibleref>). He was the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem. He had the responsibility for the music in the Temple, and was paid by the royal treasury (<bibleref ref="Neh.11.23">Neh 11:23</bibleref>).<br /><br />

6. A priest, head of the family of Jedaiah (<bibleref ref="Neh.12.19">Neh 12:19</bibleref>). He served in the time of the postexilic high priest, Jehoiakim.

7. A Levite in a group that participated with Nehemiah on the walls of Jerusalem in a religious ceremony (<bibleref ref="Neh.12.42">Neh 12:42</bibleref>).<br /><br />

8. The father of Arna and an ancestor of Ezra in apocryphal lit. (<bibleref ref="2Esd.1.2">2 Esd 1:2</bibleref>).

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

(’uzzi, perhaps "my strength"):<br /><br />

(1) A descendant of Aaron and high priest, unknown apart from these sources (<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.5">1Ch 6:5</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.6">6</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="1Chr.6.51">51</bibleref> (Hebrew 5:31,32; 6:36); <bibleref ref="Ezra.7.4">Ezr 7:4</bibleref>).

(2) An eponym of a family of Issachar (<bibleref ref="1Chr.7.2">1Ch 7:2</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="1Chr.7.3">3</bibleref>).

(3) Head of a Benjamite family (<bibleref ref="1Chr.7.7">1Ch 7:7</bibleref>), or more probably of a Zebulunite family (see Curtis, Chron., 145-49).

(4) Father of Elah, a Benjamite (<bibleref ref="1Chr.9.8">1Ch 9:8</bibleref>), perhaps the same as (5).

(5) A son of Bani and overseer of the Levitea in Jerusalem (<bibleref ref="Neh.11.22">Ne 11:22</bibleref>).<br /><br />

(6) Head of the priestly family of Jedaiah (<bibleref ref="Neh.12.19">Ne 12:19</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="Neh.12.42">42</bibleref>).