UZZIEL
u-zi'-el, uz'-i-el, oo'-zi-el (`uzzi'el, "El (God) is my strength"):
(1) A "son" of Kohath (Exodus 6:18,22; Leviticus 10:4; Numbers 3:19,30; 1 Chronicles 6:2,18 (Hebrew 5:28; 6:3); 15:10; 23:12,20; 24:24), called in Leviticus 10:4 "uncle of Aaron." The family is called Uzzielites (ha`uzzi'eli (collectively)) in Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 26:23.
(2) A Simeonite captain (1 Chronicles 4:42).
(3) Head of a Benjamite (or according to Curtis a Zebulunite) family (1 Chronicles 7:7).
(4) A Hemanite musician (1 Chronicles 25:4); The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Azarael = "Azarel," the name given in 1 Chronicles 25:18.
See AZAREL.
(5) A Levite "son" of Jeduthun (2 Chronicles 29:14).
(6) A goldsmith who joined in repairing the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:8).
(7) The reading of Septuagint (Oziel) for Jahaziel in 1 Chronicles 23:19.
See JAHAZIEL, (3).
David Francis Roberts
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