Ozias

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

OZIAS. 1 . Esther 8:2 Esther 8:2 , Esther 1:2 Esther 1:2 , an ancestor of Ezra 2:1-70 . 1Es 5:31 = Uzza , Ezra 2:49 , Nehemiah 7:31 . Nehemiah 7:3 . The son of Micah ( Jdt 6:15; Jdt 7:23; Jdt 8:18; Jdt 8:28; Jdt 8:35; Jdt 10:6 ).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ozi'as. (strength from the Lord).

1. Uzzi, one of the ancestors of Ezra. 2 Esdras 2:2.

2. Uzziah, king of Judah. Matthew 1:8-9.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew 1:82 Kings 15:32,34

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

OZIAS or UZZIAH. Matthew 1:8-9.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Matthew 1:8-9

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See UZZIAH. No. 1.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ṓ - zı̄´as  :

(1) ( Ὀζείας , Ozeı́as , Ὀζίας , Ozı́as , Codex Vaticanus a b): The son of Micah, a Simeonite, one of the 3 rulers of Bethulia in the days of Judith ( Judith 6:15,16; 7:23; 8:9 ff; 10:6).

(2) ( Ὀζείας , Ozeı́as , Codex Vaticanus and Swete; the King James Version has Ezias (1 Esdras 8:2), following Codex Alexandrinus Ἐζίας , Ezı́as ): An ancestor of Ezra (1 Esdras 8:2; 2 Esdras 1:2) = "Uzzi" of Ezra 7:4; 1 Chronicles 6:51 .

(3) Head of a family of temple-servants who returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:31) = "Uzza" of Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:51 .

(4) Greek form of Uzziah (which see) in Matthew 1:8 , Matthew 1:9 the King James Version. A king of Judah.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Ο᾿ζίας ), the Greecized form of the name of three Hebrews.

1. UZZIAH (q.v.), king of Judah (Matthew 1:8-9).

2. UZZI (Ezra 6:4), one of the ancestors of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:2).

3. The son of Micha of the tribe of Simeon, one of the "governors" of Bethulia, in the history of Judith (Judith 6:15-16; Judith 6:21; Judith 7:23; Judith 7:30; Judith 8:10; Judith 8:28; Judith 8:35; Judith 15:4). (See Judith).