Uzziel

Uzziel

English

Etymology

From Hebrew עֻזִּיאֵל‎ (“strength of God”).

Proper noun

Uzziel

1. A minor character in the Old Testament.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Chronicles 15:10:

     :

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

2. A name ascribed to a cherub.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     :781-783:

     When Gabriel to his next in power thus spake.

     Uzziel, half these draw off, and coast the South

     With strictest watch;

3. (rare) A male given name.

References

• WebBible Encyclopaedia:Uzziel