עֻזִּי
uz.zi
Uzzi
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Uzzi: A Hebrew Proper Name Uzzi (עֻזִּי) is a Hebrew personal name that appears only once in the biblical text. As a proper noun, it functions as an identifier for a specific individual rather than conveying a descriptive meaning through common word roots. The name's single occurrence limits our ability to observe patterns of usage or contextual variation within Scripture itself. The rarity of this name in the biblical record—appearing just one time—suggests it belonged to a figure of limited prominence in the narratives preserved in the Hebrew Bible. Without additional lexical data about the name's etymology or the specific biblical passage in which it appears, we cannot determine whether it held particular significance or was simply one among many names recorded in genealogies or administrative lists. Its presence in the biblical text indicates that someone bearing this name was noteworthy enough to be included in the scriptural record, though the single occurrence provides minimal basis for understanding its cultural or religious significance.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text