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Old Testament name from the Hebrew meaning, "God is my light."
In the Bible; Uriah the Hittite was a soldier in King David’s army and married to Bathsheba.
Pronounced: yoo-RYE-ah

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Uriah P. Levy, Commodore of the United States Navy and veteran of the War of 1812.
Uriah Smith, Seventh-day Adventist author.

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Uriah Heep, character in the Charles Dickens's novel, "David Copperfield."
Uriah Heep, an English rock band.