Uzziel

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English

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Etymology

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From Hebrew עֻזִּיאֵל (strength of God).

Proper noun

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Uzziel

  1. A minor character in the Old Testament.
  2. A name ascribed to a cherub.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC, lines 781–783:
      When Gabriel to his next in power thus spake.
      Uzziel, half these draw off, and coast the South
      With strictest watch;
  3. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.

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