Bible Names

Uriel: meaning of the name

Uriel means “same as Uriah.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Uriel in Hebrew and Greek

אוּרִיאֵל H222

ʼÛwrîyʼêl (oo-ree-ale') — Uriel, the name of two Israelites

from H217 (אוּר) and H410 (אֵל); flame of God;

People named Uriel in the Bible

Uriel in Scripture

“Uriel” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:24

    Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:5

    Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:

  • 1 Chronicles 15:11

    And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

  • 2 Chronicles 13:2

    He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.