Uriah

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From Biblical Hebrew אוּרִיָּה ('ūriyyā, literally God is my light).

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Uriah

  1. Any of a number of Old Testament men.
    1. (biblical) The husband of Bathsheba whom David sent to death.
  2. (rather rare) A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
    • 1869, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Chapter XXXV:
      but the thing that struck me most, was, that with the evidences of his native superiority still upon him, he should submit himself to that crawling impersonation of meanness, Uriah Heep.

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