Οὐρίας
Ourias
Uriah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word Οὐρίας (Ourias) is a proper name, specifically referring to a person. It is derived from the Hebrew name Uriah, which is mentioned 26 times in the Bible. This name is likely of Hebrew origin, indicating a connection to the people or culture of ancient Israel. As a proper name, Οὐρίας is used to identify a specific individual, rather than to convey a general idea or concept. Its significance lies in its association with the biblical narrative, where Uriah is a key figure in the story of King David and his relationship with Bathsheba. The name Οὐρίας serves as a label, connecting the reader to the person and their role in the story. The frequency of its occurrence (26 times) suggests that Uriah is an important character in the biblical narrative, and the name Οὐρίας is used to emphasize his significance and connection to the events that unfold.
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Occurrences in Scripture
26 total occurrences across the text
David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
2 Samuel 11:6David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
2 Samuel 11:6David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” Joab sent Uriah to David.
2 Samuel 11:7When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
2 Samuel 11:8David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
2 Samuel 11:8David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
2 Samuel 11:9But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and didn’t go down to his house.
2 Samuel 11:10When they had told David, saying, “Uriah didn’t go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you come from a journey? Why didn’t you go down to your house?”
2 Samuel 11:10When they had told David, saying, “Uriah didn’t go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you come from a journey? Why didn’t you go down to your house?”
2 Samuel 11:11Uriah said to David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah, are staying in tents; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing!”
2 Samuel 11:12David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day, and the next day.
2 Samuel 11:12David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day, and the next day.
2 Samuel 11:14In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
2 Samuel 11:15He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck, and die.”
2 Samuel 11:16When Joab kept watch on the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
2 Samuel 11:17The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
2 Samuel 11:21Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’ ”
2 Samuel 11:24The shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
2 Samuel 11:26When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
2 Samuel 11:26When Uriah’s wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
2 Samuel 12:9Why have you despised Yahweh’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 12:10Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken Uriah the Hittite’s wife to be your wife.’
2 Samuel 12:15Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
2 Samuel 23:39and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
1 Kings 15:5because David did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and didn’t turn away from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
1 Chronicles 11:41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,