"Uriah" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /jʊəˈɹaɪə/
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew אוּרִיָּה ('ūriyyā, literally “God is my light”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|hbo|אוּרִיָּה|lit=God is my light|tr='ūriyyā}} Biblical Hebrew אוּרִיָּה ('ūriyyā, literally “God is my light”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Uriah
  1. Any of a number of Old Testament men, including the husband of Bathsheba whom David sent to death. Categories (topical): Biblical characters, Individuals
    Sense id: en-Uriah-en-name-AK5a1lOk Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 72 28 Disambiguation of Individuals: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 58 42
  2. (rather rare) A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (male given name): אוּרִיָּה (uriyá) (Hebrew), Uria [masculine] (Italian), Uriasz [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Uriah-en-name-tkht5n1p Disambiguation of 'male given name': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Urias Derived forms: Uriah Heep Translations (biblical character): أُورْيَا (ʔūryā) [masculine] (Arabic), 尤賴亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 尤赖亚 (Yóulàiyà) (Chinese Mandarin), Urijáš [masculine] (Czech), Uriáš [masculine] (Czech), Urias (Danish), Uria [masculine] (Dutch), Uurija (Estonian), Uria (Finnish), Uuria (Finnish), Urie [masculine] (French), Uria [masculine] (German), Urija [masculine] (German), אוּרִיָּה (uriyya) (Hebrew), Uria [masculine] (Italian), ウリヤ (Uriya) (Japanese), Ūrīās [masculine] (Latin), Uriasz [masculine] (Polish), Urias [masculine] (Portuguese), У́рия (Úrija) [masculine] (Russian), Urías [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'biblical character': 48 52

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