Bible Names

Uzziah: meaning of the name

Uzziah means “Uzziel, the strength, or kid, of the Lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Uzziah in Hebrew and Greek

עֻזִּיָּה H5818

ʻUzzîyâh (ooz-zee-yaw') — Uzzijah, the name of five Israelites

or עֻזִּיָּהוּ; from H5797 (עֹז) and H3050 (יָהּ); strength of Jah;

People named Uzziah in the Bible

Uzziah in Scripture

“Uzziah” appears in 26 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 2 Kings 15:13

    Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

  • 2 Kings 15:30

    And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

  • 2 Kings 15:32

    In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

  • 2 Kings 15:34

    And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:24

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

  • 1 Chronicles 27:25

    And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

  • 2 Chronicles 26:1

    Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:3

    Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.