Uriah
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Uriah or Uriyah (Hebrew: אוּרִיָּה, Modern: Uriyya, Tiberian: ʼÛriyyā, "my light is Yahweh") "flame of God" was the name of several men in the Hebrew Bible. It may refer to:
People
From the Bible
- Uriah the Hittite, a soldier in King David's army in the Books of Samuel
- Uriah, a priest under Ahaz in the Books of Kings
- Urijah, a prophet murdered by Jehoiakim in the Book of Jeremiah
- Uriah, a priest and the father of Meremoth in the Book of Ezra and Book of Nehemiah
- Uriah, a priest whom God offers to call as a witness in the Book of Isaiah
Other people
- Uriah Asante (1992-2016), Ghanaian footballer
- Uriah T. Downs (1880-1941), American politician
- Uriah Duffy (born 1975), American bassist
- Urijah Faber (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter
- Uriah Hall (born 1982), Jamaican mixed martial arts fighter
- Uriah Levy (1792–1862), American naval commander
- Uriah Rennie (born 1959), English football referee
- Uriah Rose (1834–1913), American lawyer
- Uriah Smith Stephens (1821–1882), American labor leader
- Uriah Tracy (1755–1807), American politician
- Uriah Smith (1832-1903) American Photographer
- Uriah Rodriguez (born 1973) American singer
Other uses
- Uriah, Alabama
- Uriah Heep, fictional character in the 1850 novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- Uriah Heep (band), British rock band
- Uriah Pedrad, fictional character of the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth.