UZZI

(Uzʹzi) [(Jehovah is) strength].

1. A son or descendant of Tola in the tribe of Issachar. Uzzi and several of his descendants became heads of ancestral houses.—1 Chron. 7:1-3.

2. A descendant of Benjamin through Belah. Uzzi was a tribal family head.—1 Chron. 7:6, 7.

3. A descendant of Aaron through Eleazar in the high-priestly line; possibly great-grandson of Phinehas; forefather of the Bible writer Ezra.—1 Chron. 6:3-6, 51; Ezra 7:1-5.

4. A Benjamite whose son or descendant lived in postexilic Jerusalem.—1 Chron. 9:3, 7-9.

5. Overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem sometime after the exile; descendant of Asaph.—Neh. 11:22.

6. Head of the priestly paternal house of Jedaiah during the time of High Priest Jeshua’s successor Joiakim. (Neh. 12:1, 12, 19) Possibly identical with No. 7 below.

7. A priest positioned with Nehemiah at the temple for the inauguration of Jerusalem’s rebuilt wall. (Neh. 12:27, 40-42) Perhaps the same person as No. 6 above.