Urim
Lights (Vulg.“doctrina;” LXX. “revelation”). See THUMMIM.
Urim And Thummim
(light and perfection). When the Jewish exiles were met on their return from Babylon by a question which they had no data for answering, they agreed to postpone the settlement of the difficulty till …
Usury,
U'SURY, by modern usage, means exorbitant or unlawful interest, but in the Scriptures it means simply interest. The Law of Moses prohibited the Jews from taking any interest of each other for the loa…
Ut
(wooded).
Uta
1 Esdr. 5:30. It appears to be a corruption of Akkub. (Ezra 2:45)
Uthai
(helpful),
Uthii
1 Esdr. 8:40. [Uthai,2]
Uz
Fertile land. (1.) The son of Aram, and grandson of Shem (Gen. 10:23; 1 Chr. 1:17). (2.) One of the Horite “dukes” in the land of Edom (Gen. 36:28). (3.) The eldest son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother (G…
Uz, The Land Of
Where Job lived (1:1; Jer. 25:20; Lam. 4:21), probably somewhere to the east or south-east of Palestine and north of Edom. It is mentioned in Scripture only in these three passages.
Uzai
(strong), the father of Palal who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the city wail. (Nehemiah 3:25) (B.C. before 446.)
Uzal
A wanderer, a descendant of Joktan (Gen. 10:27; 1 Chr. 1:21), the founder apparently of one of the Arab tribes; the name also probably of the province they occupied and of their chief city.
Uzza
Strengh, a garden in which Manasseh and Amon were buried (2 Kings 21:18, 26). It was probably near the king’s palace in Jerusalem, or may have formed part of the palace grounds. Manasseh may probably…
Uzza, Garden Of.
UZ'ZA, GARDEN OF. 2 Kgs 21:26. See Uzza, 1.
Uzza, Or Uzzah
(strength), one of the sons of Abinadab, in whose house at Kirjath-jearim the ark rested for twenty years. Uzzah probably was the second and Ahio the third. They both accompanied its removal when Dav…
Uzza, The Garden Of
the spot in which Manasseh king of Judah and his son Amon were buried. (2 Kings 21:18,26) It was the garden attached to Manasseh’s palace. ver. 18. The fact of its mention shows that it was not where…
Uzzah
Strength, a son of Abinadab, in whose house the men of Kirjath-jearim placed the ark when it was brought back from the land of the Philistines (1 Sam. 7:1). He with his brother Ahio drove the cart on…
Uzzen-sherah
A town probably near Beth-horon. It derived its name from the daughter of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:24).
Uzzensherah
(ear (or point) of Sherah) a town founded or rebuilt by Sherah, an Ephraimite woman the daughter either of Ephraim himself or of Beriah. It is named only in (1 Chronicles 7:24) in connection with the…
Uzzi
The Lord is my strength. (1.) The son of Bukki, and a descendant of Aaron (1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4). (2.) A grandson of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:2, 3). (3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr.…
Uzzia
(strength of Jehovah), one of David’s guard, and apparently a native of Ashtaroth beyond Jordan. (1 Chronicles 11:44) (B.C. 1053.)
Uzziah
A contracted form of Azari’ah the Lord is my strength. (1.) One of Amaziah’s sons, whom the people made king of Judah in his father’s stead (2 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr. 26:1). His long reign of about fifty…
Uzziel
Strength of God. (1.) One of the sons of Kohath, and uncle of Aaron (Ex. 6:18; Lev. 10:4). (2.) A Simeonite captain (1 Chr. 4:39-43). (3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:7). (4.) O…
Uzzielites
UZZI'ELITES, descendants of Uzziel, 1. Num 3:27; 1 Chr 26:23.
Uzzielites, The
the descendants of Uzziel, and one of the four great families of the Kohathites. (Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 26:23)
Vagabond
From Lat. vagabundus, “a wanderer,” “a fugitive;” not used opprobriously (Gen. 4:12, R.V., “wanderer;” Ps. 109:10; Acts 19:13, R.V., “strolling”).
Vajezatha
Purity; worthy of honour, one of Haman’s sons, whom the Jews slew in the palace of Shushan (Esther 9:9).
Vale
VALE, VAL'LEY. Five Hebrew words are translated "vale" or "valley." Emek, signifying a "deep" valley, and implying a long, broad sweep between parallel ranges of hills, as the valley of Achor, Aijalo…
Vale, Valley.
VALE, VAL'LEY. Five Hebrew words are translated "vale" or "valley." Emek, signifying a "deep" valley, and implying a long, broad sweep between parallel ranges of hills, as the valley of Achor, Aijalo…
Valley
(1.) Heb. bik’ah, a “cleft” of the mountains (Deut. 8:7; 11:11; Ps. 104:8; Isa. 41:18); also a low plain bounded by mountains, as the plain of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon around the sources of the …
Valley Of Baca
VAL'LEY OF BACA. See Baca.