Bible Names

Uri: meaning of the name

Uri means “my light, my fire.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Uri in Hebrew and Greek

אוּרִי H221

ʼÛwrîy (oo-ree') — Uri, the name of three Israelites

from H217 (אוּר); fiery;

People named Uri in the Bible

Uri in Scripture

“Uri” appears in 7 verses of the King James Version.

  • Exodus 31:2

    See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

  • Exodus 35:30

    And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

  • Exodus 38:22

    And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.

  • 1 Kings 4:19

    Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:20

    And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

  • 2 Chronicles 1:5

    Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

  • Ezra 10:24

    Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.