Meaning of URIAH

"light of Jehovah."
(a) Hittite in the service of David, and one of his mighty men (2 Sam. 23:39; 1 Chron. 11:41).

David committed adultery with Uriah's wife, and then had her put to death at the hands of the Ammonites (2 Sam. 11:1-27; Mt. 1:6). Although he was a foreigner, Uriah had adopted the religion of Israel.

(b) Priest. One of the two witnesses chosen by Isaiah to verify the date he wrote a prophecy on a tablet (Is. 8: 2). Probably the same Uriah as in 2 Kings 16:10-16.

(c) Prophet, son of Shemaiah. He predicted the ruin of the kingdom of Judah. He fled to Egypt to escape the wrath of Jehoiakim, but the king had him found and brought to Jerusalem, where he was killed (Jer. 26:20-23).

(d) Priest, father of Meremoth (Ezra 8:33; Neh. 3:4, 21).

(e) One of the pious Israelites who helped Ezra when he addressed the people (Neh. 8:3, 4). He was probably a priest.