Study Dictionary
Uri
In Bible versions:
Uri: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
son of Hur of Judah
father of Geber, Solomon's administrator for the land of Gilead
a Levite gatekeeper who put away his heathen wife
my light, my fire
father of Geber, Solomon's administrator for the land of Gilead
a Levite gatekeeper who put away his heathen wife
my light, my fire
Arts Topics:
Portraits of Bezalel, Son of Uri
Hebrew
Strongs #0221: yrwa 'Uwriy
Uri = "fiery"1) a prince of Judah, a son of Hur who was used by God to
prepare the tabernacle
2) an officer (or the father of an officer) of Solomon in Gilead
3) a porter or gatekeeper in time of Ezra who took a foreign
woman as wife
221 'Uwriy oo-ree'
from 217; fiery; Uri, the name of three Israelites:-Uri.see HEBREW for 0217
URI [SMITH]
(fiery).- The father of Bezaleel, one of the architects of the tabernacle. (Exodus 31:2; 35:30; 38:22; 1 Chronicles 2:20; 2 Chronicles 1:5) He was of the tribe of Judah, and grandson of Caleb ben-Hezron. (B.C. 1491.)
- The father of Geber, Solomon?s commissariat officer in Gilead. (1 Kings 4:19) (B.C. before 1010.)
- One of the gatekeepers of the temple in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:24) (B.C. 458.)
URI [ISBE]
URI - u'-ri, oo'-ri (uri (uwri in 1 Ki 4:19), "fiery," unless the word be contracted for 'uriyah, "Uriah"):(1) Son of Hur, and father of Bezalel (Ex 31:2; 35:30; 38:22; 1 Ch 2:20; 2 Ch 1:5).
(2) Father of Geber, one of Solomon's 12 provision officers (1 Ki 4:19; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus, Adai).
(3) A porter who had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:24; the Septuagint's Odouth; Codex Alexandrinus Odoue; Lucian Ourias).