Uriah

/jʊəˈɹaɪə/

Synonyms for "uriah" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
biblical figurefictional character

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
forenamegiven name

Related words (4)

Noun(3 words)
hittite soldierliterary charactermasculine name
Proper Noun(1 words)

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More general

8 entries
biblical figurefictional charactergiven namehistorical figureliterary figurenamepersonsoldier

More specific

4 entries
Hittite soldierUriah Heepbiblical namemasculine name

Collocations

6 entries
Hebrew originUriah HeepUriah the Hittitebiblical nameforename usagemasculine name

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

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Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and misinterpreting Holy Scriptures and numerous examples of mercy. We remember God’s forgiveness of Cain, who killed Abel, and the adulterer King David, who arranged the killing of Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba, his lover.

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but the thing that struck me most, was, that with the evidences of his native superiority still upon him, he should submit himself to that crawling impersonation of meanness, Uriah Heep.

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