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​UEL 

​The meaning of Uel is "Desiring God" One of the sons of Bani who had taken foreign wives (Ezra 10:34).

​ULAI 

​The meaning of Ulai is "is: Strength, fool, senseless" Ulai was the name for a river near the city of Susa. It was known as Eulaus to the Greeks (Daniel 8:2) (Daniel 8:16).

​ULAM 

​The meaning of Ulam is "The porch, the court, their strength, their folly" A descendant of Gilead, the grandson of Manasseh and father of Bedan. (1 Chronicles 7:15-17)

​ULLA 

​​The meaning of Ulla is "Elevation, leaf, young child" Ulla is the father of Arah, Hanniel and Rizia but it's not clear whose son he is (1 Chronicles 7:39).

​UMMAH 

​​The meaning of Y is "people, tribe, nation" It's a city mentioned among the towns that were situated in the territory allotted to the tribe of Asher, when Canaan was divided after the conquest (Joshua 19:30)

​UNNI 

​The meaning of Unni is "Poor, afflicted, that answers"
  • A Levite whom David appointed to take part in bringing the ark up to Jerusalem from the house of Obed-edom by playing the psaltery on that occasion (1 Chronicles 15:18) (1 Chronicles 15:20).
  • A Levite who returned with Zerubbabel from the Captivity (Nehemiah 12:9).

​UPHAZ 

​​The meaning of Uphaz is "Pure gold, gold of Phasis or Pison" Another name for Ophir (Jeremiah 10:9) (Daniel 10:5). Some, however, regard it as the name of an Indian colony in Yemen, southern Arabia; others as a place on or near the river Hyphasis (now the Beas), the south-eastern limit of the Punjab.

​UR 

​The meaning of Ur is "Fire, light, a valley" It's assumed that Abraham's hometown should be identified with the great city of Ur, located in southern Mesopotamia, an area known in ancient times as Sumer. The area is now in southern Iraq; the site of Ur is near the modern city of Basra. The Bible makes several references to God bringing Abraham from ’Ur-Kasdim, translated as “Ur of the Chaldees” (Genesis 11:27-29) (Genesis 11:31) (Genesis 15:7) (Nehemiah 9:7). 

​URBANE 

​The meaning of Urbanus is "of the city" A member of the Christian Church at Rome to whom Paul sent greetings. Paul calls him “our fellow worker in Christ” (Romans 16:9)

​URI 

​The meaning of Uri is "my light, my flame"
  • A Judahite; the father of Bezalel, the craftsman who supervised the construction of the tabernacle (Exodus 28:30) (2 Chronicles 1:5).
  • The father of Geber, a district administrator under King Solomon (1 Kings 4:19).

​URIAH 

​The meaning of Uriah is "my light is Yahweh” or “flame of God" An elite soldier in the army of David, king of Israel and Judah, and the husband of Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam (2 Samuel 11:3). Moved by lust at the sight of her, David called for Bathsheba to be brought to him and slept with her, impregnating her.  In an effort to hide his misdeeds, David called Uriah home from war, hoping that he and Bathsheba would have relations and that he would be able to pass the child off as belonging to Uriah. But Uriah, being a disciplined soldier, refused to visit his wife.(2 Samuel 11:8-10). So David murdered him by proxy by ordering all of Uriah's comrades to abandon him in the midst of battle, so that he ended up getting killed by an opposing army (2 Samuel 11:14-16).

​URIEL 

​The meaning of Uriel is "God is my light" or "flame of God" The four most often depicted in art are: Gabriel, the messenger of God who brought the announcement of Christ's birth to the Virgin Mary; Michael, the dispenser of justice; Raphael, the healer and protector of travellers; and Uriel, the angel of prophecy and wisdom.

​URIM 

​The meaning of Urim is "lights; perfections" An Urim are elements of the hoshen, the breastplate worn by the High Priest attached to the ephod. They are connected with cleromancy (Exodus 28:30) (Leviticus 8:8) (Deuteronomy 33:8)

​Uthai 

​The meaning of Uthai is "My iniquity" 

​UZ 

​​The meaning of Uz is "counsel" or "advice" son of Aram (Genesis 10:23), presumably the region's namesake. He is mentioned repeatedly in the Bible, in the books of Genesis and 1 Chronicles. It is most often theorized that the Land of Uz is located in either Aram, Edom, or both.

​UZAI 

​​The meaning of Uzai is "Hastily, Haste Of Yah" Uzai was the father of Palal. Palal helped rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. "Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the Turning, and the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. " (Nehemiah 3:25).

​UZAL 

​​The meaning of Uzal is "Vanish, Going Away" a descendant of Joktan (Genesis 10:27) (1 Chronicles 1:21), whose settlements are traced in the ancient name of Sanaʽa, the capital city of the Yemen. He was believed to be the founder of an Arabian tribe. Uzal was the sixth of thirteen sons of Joktan.

​UZZAH 

​The meaning of Uzza is "Her Strength" Uzza was an Israelite whose death is associated with touching the Ark of the Covenant (2 Samuel 6:3-8) ​(1 Chronicles 13:7-11). Uzzah was the 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 Samuel 7:1). With his brother Ahio, he drove the cart on which the ark was placed when David sought to bring it up to Jerusalem. When the oxen stumbled, making the ark tilt,(1 Chronicles 13:9) Uzzah steadied the ark with his hand, in direct violation of the divine law,(Numbers 4:15) and he was immediately killed by the Lord for his error (1 Chronicles 13:11). 

Uzzen Sheerah

​The meaning of Uzzen-sheerah ​is "point; summit of Sheerah; acuteness of the flesh; ear of the flesh; hearing of blood relative" A woman in the Hebrew Bible appearing only in (1 Chronicles 7:24), where it says that she built three cities: Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah.

​UZZI 

​The meaning of Uzzi is "my strength" Uzzi, high priest of Israel, the son of Bukki, a descendant of Aaron (1 Chronicles 6:5-51) (Ezra 7:4)

​UZZIAH

​​The meaning of Y is "My strength is God​" King Uzziah in the Bible was one of the good kings of Judah (2 Chronicles 26:1). His father was King Amaziah, and his mother was a woman named Jecoliah, from Jerusalem. Uzziah was the father of King Jotham. Ministering during Uzziah’s reign were the prophets Hosea, Isaiah, Amos, and Jonah. Unfortunately, King Uzziah’s fame and strength led him to become proud, and this led to his downfall (2 Chronicles 26:16). He committed an unfaithful act by entering the temple of God to burn incense on the altar.