A name from Scripture
Uriah
yoo-RY-uh
Meaning
God is my light; Flame of the Lord
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 2 Samuel
What it points to
Uriah is sacrificial loyalty — refusing comfort while comrades suffer, the faithful soldier whose integrity shames kings.
Verses · King James Version
“The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents... shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.”
2 Samuel 11:11
“Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.”
2 Samuel 23:39