Uzzi

Template:For Uzzi is a given name. One derivation is biblical, from Uzzî (Template:Langx) meaning "my strength".<ref name=Abarim-Uzi /> The name can also be transliterated as Uzi.<ref name=Abarim-Uzi /> It may be a nickname for Uzza/Uzzah, Uzzia/Uzziah, and Uziel/Uzziel.<ref name=Abarim-Uzzi>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=Abarim-Uzi>Template:Cite web</ref>

Biblical characters with this name:

Uzzi, high priest of Israel (Template:Langx in 1 Chr., Σαουια in Ezra; Template:Langx), the son of Bukki, a descendant of Aaron (1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4)

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Uzzi ben Sashai was the 3rd Samaritan High Priest according to Samaritan Genealogical Records.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>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.</ref> 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

Template:Succession box Template:S-end 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.<ref>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.</ref> Template:Patrilineal descent of the High Priests of Israel

Uzzi, (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), a grandson of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:2, 3)
Uzzi, (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), a son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:7)
Uzzi, (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), a Benjamite, a chief in the tribe (1 Chr. 9:8)
Uzzi, (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), a son of Bani, had the oversight of the Levites after the return from captivity (Neh. 11:22)
Uzzi, (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), the head of the house of Jedaiah, one of "the chief of the priests" (Neh. 12:19)
Uzzi, (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) a priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:42)