Uzzah
עֻזָּא · uz.za · H5798Aפֶּרֶץ עֻזָּא · pe.rets uz.za · H6560H“strength; goat” Hitchcock's 18698 mentions in 2 books, most in 2 Samuel (4)
Who he was
Uzzah was a man who died while transporting the ark of the covenant. He and his brother Ahio were guiding the cart carrying the ark when the oxen stumbled. Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, but God struck him down for his irreverent act, and he died there beside the ark. The place where this occurred was named Perez-uzzah, which means "outbreak against Uzzah," and David was angry and afraid because of this divine judgment. The ark was then taken aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
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Every mention
8 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
2 Samuel4 mentions
2 Samuel 6:3They set God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house that was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.2 Samuel 6:6When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God’s ark and took hold of it, for the cattle stumbled.2 Samuel 6:7Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.2 Samuel 6:8David was displeased because Yahweh had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah to this day.
1 Chronicles4 mentions
1 Chronicles 13:7They carried God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.1 Chronicles 13:9When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.1 Chronicles 13:10Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzza, and he struck him because he put his hand on the ark; and he died there before God.1 Chronicles 13:11David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken out against Uzza. He called that place Perez Uzza, to this day.
What the dictionary says
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).
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain