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 1:8 2 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).