Uzziel
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew עֻזִּיאֵל (“strength of God”).
Proper noun[edit]
Uzziel
- A minor character in the Old Testament.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 15:10::
- Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
- A name ascribed to a cherub.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 781–783:
- When Gabriel to his next in power thus spake.
Uzziel, half these draw off, and coast the South
With strictest watch;
- (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.