Uzziah
Pronounced uh-ZY-uh
- Meaning
- "The Lord is my strength"
- Origin
- Hebrew
King Uzziah reigned for 52 years in Judah and was greatly blessed while he sought the Lord. But when pride led him to burn incense in the temple — a priest's duty — God struck him with leprosy. Isaiah's prophetic ministry began 'in the year that king Uzziah died.'
Spiritual meaning
Uzziah's life is a tale of two halves — prosperity through humility, downfall through pride. The year of his death marked a new era of prophetic vision.
Related verses (KJV)
"As long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper."
2 Chronicles 26:5 (KJV) →"In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up."
Isaiah 6:1 (KJV) →