How to Pronounce Uriah
you-RAI-uh
Uriah is pronounced you-RAI-uh (juːˈraɪə): three syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: yoo-rie-uh, yoo-RYE-uh.
What does Uriah mean?
Uriah means “or Urijah, the Lord is my light or fire”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Uriah?
The Lord is my light. (1.) A Hittite, the husband of Bathsheba, whom David first seduced, and then after Uriah’s death married. He was one of the band of David’s “mighty men.” The sad story of the curel wrongs inflicted upon him by David and of his mournful death are simply told in the sacred record (2 Sam. 11:2-12:26). (See BATHSHEBA; DAVID.) (2.) A priest of the house of Ahaz (Isa. 8:2). (3.) The father of Meremoth, mentioned in Ezra 8:33.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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