Uzzi

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Uzzi is a given name. One derivation is biblical, from Uzzî ({{Langx|he|עֻזִּי}}) meaning "my strength". The name can also be transliterated as Uzi. It may be a nickname for Uzza/Uzzah, Uzzia/Uzziah, and Uziel/Uzziel.{{cite web | url = https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Uzzi.html | title = Uzzi meaning | date = 19 October 2020 | work = Abarim Publications | access-date = 7 November 2020}}{{cite web | url = https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Uzi.html | title = Uzi meaning | date = 19 October 2020 | work = Abarim Publications | access-date = 7 November 2020}}

Biblical characters with this name:

• Uzzi, high priest of Israel ({{langx|el|Οζι}} in 1 Chr., Σαουια in Ezra; {{langx|la|Ozi}}), the son of Bukki, a descendant of Aaron (1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4)

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• Uzzi ben Sashai was the 3rd Samaritan High Priest according to Samaritan Genealogical Records.{{Cite journal|last=Smith|first=John|date=2017-09-21|title=On the Y-DNA of the Lost Tribes of Israel|url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/5422696|language=en|doi=10.6084/m9.figshare.5422696.v7}}Gaster, M. “The Chain of Samaritan High Priests: A Synchronistic Synopsis: Published for the First Time.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1909, pp. 393–420. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25210743. Accessed 21 September 2020. He may be identical to the Jewish High Priest, as his predecessor Bukki also may have been, although the patronyms imply different fathers which might be a product of an adoption or levirate marriage or being two different individuals

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According to Samaritan tradition, Uzzi hid the tent sanctuary of the desert wandering (Mishkan) in a cave on Mount Gerizim when the Israelites introduced the cult in Shiloh, which was illegitimate from the Samaritan point of view.Reinhard Achenbach :  Samaria III. Religion, history, and literature of the Samaritans . In: Religion Past and Present (RGG). 4th edition. Volume 7, Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 2004, Sp. 817-818.

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• Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Ozi}}), a grandson of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:2, 3)
• Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Ozi}}), a son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:7)
• Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Ozi}}), a Benjamite, a chief in the tribe (1 Chr. 9:8)
• Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Azzi}}), a son of Bani, had the oversight of the Levites after the return from captivity (Neh. 11:22)
• Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Azzi}}), the head of the house of Jedaiah, one of "the chief of the priests" (Neh. 12:19)
• Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Azzi}}) a priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:42)

Other people with this given name include:

• Alin Adrian "Uzzi" Demeter, Romanian Hip-Hop artist and member of B.U.G. Mafia
• Uzzi Ornan (1923–2022), Israeli linguist and social activist
• Uzzi Reiss (born 1945), American physician