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'''Uzzi''' is a [[given name]]. One derivation is [[biblical]], from ''Uzzî'' ({{Langx|he|עֻזִּי}}) meaning "my strength".<ref name=Abarim-Uzi /> The name can also be transliterated as [[Uzi (disambiguation)|Uzi]].<ref name=Abarim-Uzi /> It may be a nickname for [[Uzzah|Uzza/Uzzah]], [[Uzziah|Uzzia/Uzziah]], and [[Uziel|Uziel/Uzziel]].<ref name=Abarim-Uzzi>{{cite web | url = https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Uzzi.html | title = Uzzi meaning | date = 19 October 2020 | work = Abarim Publications | access-date = 7 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=Abarim-Uzi>{{cite web | url = https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Uzi.html | title = Uzi meaning | date = 19 October 2020 | work = Abarim Publications | access-date = 7 November 2020}}</ref>

Biblical characters with this name:
* Uzzi, high priest of Israel ({{langx|el|Οζι}} in 1 [[Books of Chronicles|Chr.]], Σαουια in [[Ezra]]; {{langx|la|Ozi}}), the son of Bukki, a descendant of [[Aaron]] (1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4)
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* Uzzi ben Sashai was the 3rd [[Samaritan High Priest]] according to Samaritan Genealogical Records.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Smith|first=John|date=2017-09-21|title=On the Y-DNA of the Lost Tribes of Israel|url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/5422696|language=en|doi=10.6084/m9.figshare.5422696.v7}}</ref><ref>Gaster, M. “The Chain of Samaritan High Priests: A Synchronistic Synopsis: Published for the First Time.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1909, pp. 393–420. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25210743. Accessed 21 September 2020.</ref> He may be identical to the Jewish High Priest, as his predecessor [[Bukki]] also may have been, although the patronyms imply different fathers which might be a product of an adoption or [[levirate marriage]] or being two different individuals
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According to Samaritan tradition, Uzzi hid the tent sanctuary of the desert wandering ([[Tabernacle|Mishkan]]) in a cave on [[Mount Gerizim]] when the Israelites introduced the cult in Shiloh, which was illegitimate from the Samaritan point of view.<ref>Reinhard Achenbach :  ''Samaria III. Religion, history, and literature of the Samaritans'' . In: ''Religion'' Past ''and Present'' (RGG). 4th edition. Volume 7, Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 2004, Sp. 817-818.</ref>
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* Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Ozi}}), a grandson of [[Issachar]] (1 Chr. 7:2, 3)
* Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Ozi}}), a son of Bela, and grandson of [[Benjamin]] (1 Chr. 7:7)
* Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Ozi}}), a Benjamite, a chief in the tribe (1 Chr. 9:8)
* Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Azzi}}), a son of Bani, had the oversight of the Levites after the return from captivity (Neh. 11:22)
* Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Azzi}}), the head of the house of Jedaiah, one of "the chief of the priests" (Neh. 12:19)
* Uzzi, ({{langx|el|Οζι}}; {{langx|la|Azzi}}) a priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of [[Jerusalem]] (Neh. 12:42)

Other people with this given name include:
* Alin Adrian "Uzzi" Demeter, Romanian Hip-Hop artist and member of [[B.U.G. Mafia]]
* [[Uzzi Ornan]] (1923–2022), Israeli linguist and social activist
* [[Uzzi Reiss]] (born 1945), American physician

== See also ==
* [[Uzi (disambiguation)]]

== References ==
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==Attribution==
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