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U⋅ri⋅ah

  [yoo-rahy-uh]
–noun
1. Also, Douay Bible, U⋅ri⋅as  [yoo-rahy-uhs] . Also called Uriah the Hittite. the husband of Bathsheba, and an officer in David's army. II Sam. 11.
2. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God is light.”
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U·ri·ah   (yŏŏ-rī'ə)   
In the Bible, an officer in the Israelite army and the husband of Bathsheba. He was sent to die in battle so that David could marry his wife.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Uriah 
masc. proper name, in O.T., the Hittite husband of Bathsheba; of non-Hebrew (possibly Horite) origin, but explained by folk etymology as Heb. Uriyyah, lit. "flame of the Lord." Uriah Heep, character from Dickens' "David Copperfield" (1850) sometimes is invoked as the type of a hypocritically humble person.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

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 ØT0000474; DAVID.) (2.) A priest of the house of Ahaz (Isa. 8:2). (3.) The father of Meremoth, mentioned in Ezra 8:33.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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