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    Uriel

    YOOR-ee-el

    Meaning

    God is my light; Fire of God

    Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 1 Chronicles

    What it points to

    Uriel — 'God is my light' — declares that divine illumination is available to every seeking heart. In darkness, confusion, or uncertainty, the believer can trust that God Himself is the light that guides and the fire that refines.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty.”

    1 Chronicles 15:5

    “His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.”

    2 Chronicles 13:2

    Most used in the 2000s (US records)

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