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Uri

u'-ri, oo'-ri (uri (uwri in 1 Kgs 4:19), "fiery," unless the word be contracted for 'uriyah, "Uriah"):

(1) Son of Hur, and father of Bezalel (Exod 31:2; Exod 35:30; Exod 38:22; 1 Chr 2:20; 2 Chr 1:5).

(2) Father of Geber, one of Solomon's 12 provision officers (1 Kgs 4:19; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus, Adai).

(3) A porter who had married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:24; the Septuagint's Odouth; Codex Alexandrinus Odoue; Lucian Ourias).

Kilde: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread.