Word Study · Strong's H5798 · Hebrew
עֻזָּא
Uzza
ooz-zaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻUzzâʼ
“Uzza or Uzzah, the name of five Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Uzza or Uzzah, the name of five Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Uzza, Uzzah.
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- וְעֻזָּ֣א2
- עֻזָּ֜א2
- עֻזָּ֑א2
- עֻזָּ֖א2
- בְּעֻזָּ֔א1
- בְּעֻזָּ֑א1
- בְּעֻזָּ֔ה1
- בְּעֻזָּ֑ה1
- עֻזָּ֥א1
- עֻזָּ֥ה1
How it is rendered · 4
- Uzzah8
- against Uzzah2
- and Uzzah2
- on Uzzah2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)8
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 8
- HR/Npm · 4
- HC/Npm · 2
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Chronicles6 of 14 · 43%
- 2 Samuel4 of 14 · 29%
- 2 Kings2 of 14 · 14%
- Ezra1 of 14 · 7%
- Nehemiah1 of 14 · 7%
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2 Samuel4 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 6:3וְעֻזָּ֣אveuza'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,here: and Uzzah
- 2 Samuel 6:6עֻזָּ֜אʾuza'proper noun (a name)When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.here: Uzzah
- 2 Samuel 6:7בְּעֻזָּ֔הbeuzahpreposition + proper noun (a name)And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.here: on Uzzah
- 2 Samuel 6:8בְּעֻזָּ֑הbeuzahpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.here: against Uzzah
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 21:18עֻזָּ֑אʾuza'proper noun (a name)And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.here: Uzzah
- 2 Kings 21:26עֻזָּ֑אʾuza'proper noun (a name)And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.here: Uzzah
1 Chronicles6 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:29עֻזָּ֥הʾuzahproper noun (a name)The descendants of Merari:here: Uzzah
- 1 Chronicles 8:7עֻזָּ֖אʾuza'proper noun (a name)Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.here: Uzzah
- 1 Chronicles 13:7וְעֻזָּ֣אveuza'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.here: and Uzzah
- 1 Chronicles 13:9עֻזָּ֜אʾuza'proper noun (a name)When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.here: Uzzah
- 1 Chronicles 13:10בְּעֻזָּ֔אbeuza'preposition + proper noun (a name)And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.here: on Uzzah
- 1 Chronicles 13:11בְּעֻזָּ֑אbeuza'preposition + proper noun (a name)Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.here: against Uzzah