BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4381
mikh.ri — Michri
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at 1Ch.9.8; father of: Uzzi (H5813J) § Michri = "worthy of price" ancestor of Elah, one of the heads of Benjamin
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5813
uz.zi — Uzzi
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.5; son of: Bukki (H1231H); father of: Zerahiah (H2228) § Uzzi = "strong" 1) a Levite, son of Bukki and father of Zerahiah in the line of the high priest although apparently never high priest himself 2) son of Tola and grandson of Issachar 3) a Benjamite, son of Bela and head of a family of Benjamin 4) son of Michri and father of Elah and an ancestor of a family of returned exiles settling in Jerusalem. Maybe same as 3 5) a Levite, son of Bani, and an overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 6) a priest, chief of the father's house of Jedaiah, in the time of Joiakim the high priest 7) one of the priests who helped Ezra in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Maybe same as 6
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Prize of Jehovah, a Benjamite, the father of Uzzi (1 Chr. 9:8).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
