Uzzi

Uzzi is a given name. One derivation is biblical, from Uzzî () meaning "my strength". The name can also be transliterated as Uzi. It may be a nickname for Uzza/Uzzah, Uzzia/Uzziah, and Uziel/Uzziel.

Biblical characters with this name: Uzzi, high priest of Israel ( in 1 Chr., Σαουια in Ezra; ), the son of Bukki, a descendant of Aaron (1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4)

Uzzi ben Sashai was the 3rd Samaritan High Priest according to Samaritan Genealogical Records.Gaster, M. “The Chain of Samaritan High Priests: A Synchronistic Synopsis: Published for the First Time.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1909, pp. 393–420. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25210743. Accessed 21 September 2020. He may be identical to the Jewish High Priest, as his predecessor Bukki also may have been, although the patronyms imply different fathers which might be a product of an adoption or levirate marriage or being two different individuals

According to Samaritan tradition, Uzzi hid the tent sanctuary of the desert wandering (Mishkan) in a cave on Mount Gerizim when the Israelites introduced the cult in Shiloh, which was illegitimate from the Samaritan point of view.Reinhard Achenbach : Samaria III. Religion, history, and literature of the Samaritans . In: Religion Past and Present (RGG). 4th edition. Volume 7, Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 2004, Sp. 817-818.

Uzzi, (; ), a grandson of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:2, 3) Uzzi, (; ), a son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:7) Uzzi, (; ), a Benjamite, a chief in the tribe (1 Chr. 9:8) Uzzi, (; ), a son of Bani, had the oversight of the Levites after the return from captivity (Neh. 11:22) Uzzi, (; ), the head of the house of Jedaiah, one of "the chief of the priests" (Neh. 12:19) Uzzi, (; ) a priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:42)

Other people with this given name include: Alin Adrian "Uzzi" Demeter, Romanian Hip-Hop artist and member of B.U.G. Mafia Uzzi Ornan (1923–2022), Israeli linguist and social activist Uzzi Reiss (born 1945), American physician

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