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Strong's H223 אוּרִיָּה (uriah)

Uriah means “Urijah” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G223 — alexandros (“Alexander”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H223
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 33
Books 8

Strong's H223 Quick Answer

Strong's H223 אוּרִיָה אוּרִיָהוּ (Uwriyah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Uwriyah (oo-ree-yaw') (or (prolonged) Uwriyahuw {oo-ree-yaw'-hoo}) n/p. 1. flame of Jah 2. Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites It has 33 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include urijah, hittite, and one. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Uwriyah (oo-ree-yaw') (or (prolonged) Uwriyahuw {oo-ree-yaw'-hoo}) n/p. 1. flame of Jah 2. Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
8 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
urijah, hittite, and one

Meaning and Definition

Uwriyah (oo-ree-yaw') (or (prolonged) Uwriyahuw {oo-ree-yaw'-hoo}) n/p. 1. flame of Jah 2. Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites [from H217 and H3050] KJV: Uriah, Urijah. Root(s): H217, H3050

Original Word
אוּרִיָה אוּרִיָהוּ
Transliteration
Uwriyah
Derivation
First root strongs: 217 Second root strongs: 3050
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H223. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Uriah

Usage: A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.11.3; married to Bathsheba (H1339) Also named: Ourias (Οὐρίας "Uriah" G3774) § Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)" 1) Hittite husband of Bathsheba 2) a priest who built king Ahaz' heathen altar 3) a priest who rebuilt Jerusalem's wall

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How Strong's H223 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Uwriyah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Urijah 2 Kings 16:10 10× Hittite 2 Samuel 11:6 one 2 Samuel 11:3

How Strong's H223 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 33 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H223 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H223 in the Old Testament

33 indexed usages in Old Testament.

2 Samuel 11:3 KJV

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 KJV

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

2 Samuel 11:7 KJV

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

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H223.

2 Samuel 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
2 Samuel 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
2 Samuel 11:8 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Samuel 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Samuel 11:16 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
2 Samuel 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
1 Kings 15:5 Old Testament, KJV
Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
2 Kings 16:10 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Kings 16:11 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
Ezra 8:33 Old Testament, KJV
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
Nehemiah 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
Nehemiah 3:21 Old Testament, KJV
After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
Nehemiah 8:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Isaiah 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Jeremiah 26:20 Old Testament, KJV
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 26:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
Jeremiah 26:23 Old Testament, KJV
And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H223, grouped by book.

2 Samuel 19 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H223 FAQ

What does uriah (אוּרִיָּה) mean?

Uriah (Strong's H223) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Urijah". Uwriyah (oo-ree-yaw') (or (prolonged) Uwriyahuw {oo-ree-yaw'-hoo}) n/p. 1. flame of Jah 2. Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites

How many times is uriah (אוּרִיָּה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's H223 across 8 books.

Where can I study uriah (אוּרִיָּה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H223 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate uriah (אוּרִיָּה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as urijah, hittite, and one. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.