Uzzah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Uzzah
     strength, a son of Abinadab, in whose house the men of
     Kirjath-jearim placed the ark when it was brought back from the
     land of the Philistines (1 Sam. 7:1). He with his brother Ahio
     drove the cart on which the ark was placed when David sought to
     bring it up to Jerusalem. When the oxen stumbled, Uzzah, in


     direct violation of the divine law (Num. 4:15), put forth his
     hand to steady the ark, and was immediately smitten unto death.
     The place where this occurred was henceforth called Perez-uzzah
     (1 Chr. 13:11). David on this feared to proceed further, and
     placed the ark in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite (2 Sam.
     6:2-11; 1 Chr. 13:6-13).
     

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

  Uzzah, strength; goat