u-zi'-el, uz'-i-el, oo'-zi-el (‘uzzi'el, "El (God) is my strength"):

 (1) A "son" of Kohath (Ex 6:18,22; Le 10:4; Nu 3:19,30; 1Ch 6:2,18 (Hebrew 5:28; 6:3); 15:10; 23:12,20; 24:24), called in Le 10:4 "uncle of Aaron." The family is called Uzzielites (ha‘uzzi'eli (collectively)) in Nu 3:27; 1Ch 26:23.

 (2) A Simeonite captain (1Ch 4:42).

 (3) Head of a Benjamite (or according to Curtis a Zebulunite) family (1Ch 7:7).

 (4) A Hemanite musician (1Ch 25:4); The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Azarael =" Azarel," the name given in 1Ch 25:18.

 See AZAREL.

 (5) A Levite "son" of Jeduthun (2Ch 29:14).

 (6) A goldsmith who joined in repairing the wall of Jerusalem (Ne 3:8).

 (7) The reading of Septuagint (Oziel) for Jahaziel in 1Ch 23:19.

 See JAHAZIEL, (3).

  David Francis Roberts