UCAL -- Proverbs in the book of Proverbs are addressed to this unknown person Prov 30:1
ULAI -- When Daniel saw the vision of the ram and goat he was standing beside this river of Persia Dan 8:2-16
UNBELIEF -- Refusal to acknowledge and believe in God and His works John 16:9 Satan's power causes unbeif John 8:43-47 Having an evil heart Heb 3:12 Having pride and self-gloricication John 5:44 God rejects those who refect the gospel John 3:18-20
UNCIRCUMCISED -- A Jewish term used for Gentiles Rom 2:25-29 and a term used for wickedness or impurity of any kind Jer 6:10
UNCLEAN -- A term for ritual, physical, or spiritual impurity -- this condition called for a rituals of purification Lev 11-15
UNCLEAN ANIMALS -- Only animals that chewed the cud and were cloven-footed were considered clean and suitable for eating under the Mosaic law. Lev 11:2-3 Even touching an unclean animal made a person unclean Lev 11:8
UNICORN (WILD OX) -- Probably the wild ox, but a large animal of great strength Num 23:22 Yoking it and controlling its power was considered impossible Job 39:9-11
UNPARDONABLE SIN -- Attributing the work of Christ to Satan, Mark 3:22-30 and blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Decisively and finally rejecting the testimony of the Holy Spirit, Rejecting Christ as the son of God and our Savior.
UNTEMPERED MORTAR (WHITEWASH) -- Placed on the exterior walls of building a thin layer of clay used as a protective coating. It is used figuratively of the futile promises of false prophets Ezek 13:10-15 ; 22:28
UPHAZ -- Perhaps the same place as Ophir but a place in Arabia where gold was obtained Jer 10:9
UPPER ROOM -- Room usually built on the roof of a house and used in the summer when the other parts of the house was to hot , it being cooler. Mark 14:15 Jesus last meal with His disciples was a site like this. Luke 22:12
UR OF THE CHALDEES (UR OF THE CHALDEANS) -- Before being called by the Lord to go to Canaan, Abraham lived his early life in this city in Mesopotamia with his wife, Sarah, and his father Terah. Gen 11:28 , 31
URBANE (URBANUS) -- A believer of Christ greeted and commended by Paul Rom 16:9
| URIAH | (1) | In David's army he was a Hittite general. David desired his wife, Bathsheba, and in order to secure her David gave |
| (2) | Name for the prophet Urijah in the NIV, NRSV |
URIJAH (URIAH) -- In Jeremiah's time a faithful prophet that predicted God's judgment on Judah and was killed by King Jerhoiakim for predicting it. Jer 26:20
URIM AND THUMMIN -- In the breastplate of the high priest Exod 28:30 Two objects possibly colored stones cast as lots to help determine God's will Num 27:21
USURY (INTEREST) -- Under the Mosaic Law Jews could not charge interest to other Jews only from non-Jews. Lev 25:36-37 Nehemiah denounced those in Neh 5:7 , 10 for breaking that law.
UZ -- West of the Arabian desert a place in southern Edom where Job lived Job 1:1 Jer 25:20
UZZA (UZZAH) -- An Israelite while carting it to Jerusalem was struck dead for touching the ark of the covenant. I Chron 13:7-11
UZZIAH/ AZARIAH/OZIAS -- He reigned as king of Judah about 767-740 BC. He was the successor and the sone of Amaziah. He was a noted city builder and a godly king II Chron26:1-5 He was called Uzziah in II Chronicles 26, Originally his name was Azariah (see Azariah)
