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English
Etymology
From Hebrew עֻזִּיאֵל (“strength of God”).
Proper noun
Uzziel
- A minor character in the Old Testament.
- :
- Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
- 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 ; nd by Robert Boulter ; 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;
- (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
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