Uzzi
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Uzzi is a given name. One derivation is biblical, from Uzzî (Hebrew: עֻזִּי) meaning "my strength".cite-ref-abarim-uzi-1-0[1] The name can also be transliterated as Uzi.cite-ref-abarim-uzi-1-1[1] It may be a nickname for Uzza/Uzzah, Uzzia/Uzziah, and Uziel/Uzziel.cite-ref-abarim-uzzi-2-0[2]cite-ref-abarim-uzi-1-2[1]
Biblical characters with this name:
• Uzzi ben Sashai was the 3rd Samaritan High Priest according to Samaritan Genealogical Records.cite-ref-3[3]cite-ref-4[4] He may be identical to the Jewish High Priest, as his predecessor Bukki also may have been, although the patronyms imply different fathers which might be a product of an adoption or levirate marriage or being two different individuals
According to Samaritan tradition, Uzzi hid the tent sanctuary of the desert wandering (Mishkan) in a cave on Mount Gerizim when the Israelites introduced the cult in Shiloh, which was illegitimate from the Samaritan point of view.cite-ref-5[5]
Other people with this given name include:
• Alin Adrian "Uzzi" Demeter, Romanian Hip-Hop artist and member of B.U.G. Mafia
• Uzzi Ornan (1923–2022), Israeli linguist and social activist
• Uzzi Reiss (born 1945), American physician
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References
cite-note-abarim-uzi-11. ↑ "Uzi meaning". Abarim Publications. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
cite-note-abarim-uzzi-22. ↑ "Uzzi meaning". Abarim Publications. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
cite-note-44. ↑ Gaster, M. “The Chain of Samaritan High Priests: A Synchronistic Synopsis: Published for the First Time.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1909, pp. 393–420. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25210743. Accessed 21 September 2020.
cite-note-55. ↑ Reinhard Achenbach : Samaria III. Religion, history, and literature of the Samaritans . In: Religion Past and Present (RGG). 4th edition. Volume 7, Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 2004, Sp. 817-818.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: citerefeaston1897Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Uzzi". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.