Uriah
noun
1.
Also, Douay Bible, Urias
[yoo-rahy-uh s] /yʊˈraɪ əs/ (Show IPA). Also called Uriah the Hittite. the husband of Bathsheba, and an officer in David’s army. II Sam. 11.
2.
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God is light.”.
noun
1.
(Old Testament) a Hittite officer, who was killed in battle on instructions from David so that he could marry Uriah’s wife Bathsheba (II Samuel 11)
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 ØT0000474; DAVID.) (2.) A priest of the house of Ahaz (Isa. 8:2). (3.) The father of Meremoth, mentioned in Ezra 8:33.
Read Also:
- Uriah Heep
noun 1. the hypocritical and villainous clerk in Dickens’ David Copperfield. noun 1. Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- Uriah levy
noun 1. Uriah Phillips, 1792–1862, U.S. naval commander. 2. a male given name. verb (transitive) levies, levying, levied 1. to impose and collect (a tax, tariff, fine, etc) 2. to conscript troops for service 3. to seize or attach (property) in accordance with the judgment of a court noun (pl) levies 4. the act of […]
- Urial
noun 1. a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Uric
adjective 1. of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine. 1. variant of urico- especially before a vowel. adjective 1. of, concerning, or derived from urine uric u·ric (yur’ĭk) adj. Relating to, contained in, or obtained from urine.
- Uric-acid
noun 1. Biochemistry. a compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 O 3 , present in mammalian urine in small amounts, and the principal nitrogenous component of the excrement of reptiles and birds, that in the form of its salts occurs in the joints in gout and as the major constituent of kidney stones. 2. […]