UZZIEL

(Uzʹzi·el) [my strength is God].

1. Last named of Kohath’s four sons; grandson of Levi; uncle of Moses and Aaron. Uzziel’s three sons, Mishael, El(i)zaphan and Sithri became heads of tribal families in Levi.—Ex. 6:16, 18, 20, 22; Lev. 10:4; Num. 3:19, 30; 1 Chron. 6:2, 18; 23:12; see UZZIELITES.

2. Family head in the tribe of Benjamin; son or descendant of Bela.—1 Chron. 7:6, 7.

3. A Levitical musician of the family of Heman, appointed to head David’s eleventh musical service division; also called Azarel.—1 Chron. 25:4, 18.

4. Levitical descendant of Jeduthun who helped dispose of the unclean objects removed from the temple at the beginning of Hezekiah’s reign.—2 Chron. 29:12, 14, 16.

5. One of four Simeonite sons of Ishi who led five hundred men into Mount Seir to wipe out the remnant of Amalekites and take up living there; contemporaries of Hezekiah.—1 Chron. 4:41-43.

6. A goldsmith who helped to repair Jerusalem’s wall under Nehemiah’s direction; son of Harhaiah.—Neh. 3:8.