Lexicon
עֻזָּא
uz.za
H5798A
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Uzzah

13
Occurrences
5
Books
Hebrew
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uz.za is a proper name used for the man who reached for the ark, for a garden, and in family listings.

The name most often identifies the man associated with transporting and touching the ark in the Samuel and Chronicles accounts. It also designates a garden in burial notices and occurs in genealogical or family-list contexts.

Senses in use

  1. The man in the ark-transport account · dominant

    The proper noun identifies the man who, with Ahio, guided or drove the cart carrying the ark in 1 Chronicles 13:7 and 2 Samuel 6:3. In 1 Chronicles 13:9 and 2 Samuel 6:6, the APB renders him reaching out toward the ark when the oxen stumbled; the following verses report his death and the place-name formed after the outbreak against him.

  2. A garden designation · occasional

    In the burial notices, the proper noun occurs in the phrase rendered by the APB as “the garden of Uzzah,” the location of the burials of Manasseh and Amon.

  3. A name in family listings · occasional

    The proper noun occurs in ancestry and group-list clauses: 1 Chronicles 8:7 names Uzzah as a father, while Ezra 2:49 and Nehemiah 7:51 list “the sons of Uzzah” in the APB.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the form as “Uzzah.” In the supplied verses it places that name in narrative actions, the phrase “garden of Uzzah,” and family-list expressions.

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Across Scripture