Uriah

3 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Uriah
     the Lord is my light. (1.) A Hittite, the husband of Bathsheba,
     whom David first seduced, and then after Uriah's death married.
     He was one of the band of David's "mighty men." The sad story of
     the curel wrongs inflicted upon him by David and of his mournful
     death are simply told in the sacred record (2 Sam. 11:2-12:26).


     (See {BATHSHEBA}; {DAVID}.)
     
       (2.) A priest of the house of Ahaz (Isa. 8:2).
     
       (3.) The father of Meremoth, mentioned in Ezra 8:33.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Uriah, or Urijah, the Lord is my light or fire
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Uriah, AL
    Zip code(s): 36480