Urias

1. (B Oipelas, B- Oupios, A Oipl, AV Iri) 1 Es »•>- (LXX «'). In Ezr 8=« Uriah. Perhaps identical with— 2. (B Oipelas, B" A Ouplas) 1 Es 9^. In Neh 8' Uriah. URIEL (Sx"HN, 'flame of EI,' or 'my light is El ' ; cf. Phoen. -hoix, Assyr. Unimilki). — 1. A Kohathite chief, 1 Ch 6»W (B 'OpijJX, sup ras A*? and Luc. Ol>4\), 15»-" (B OipiifK, 'Api^X, A both times OvpiiiX). 2. The maternal grandfather of .\bijah, 2 Ch 13= (BA Oi>7)X). See Maacah, No. 3, and cf., further, Benzinger, Chron. ad loc. 3. See next article. URIEL (Ovpii)\). — One of the four chief arch- angels. In Enoch 20^ he is called 'the angel who is over the world (? angel-host) and Tartarus.' In keeping with this title, Uriel is the one who accom- panies Enoch in his visits to Tartarus, and who ex- plains to iiiin the tortures of the lost (19' 21»-'<' 27= 33'). In 2 Ksilras, Uriel is sent to ask Esdras if he can 'weigh the flame of fire, or measure the wind, or recall the past.' If not, why does he presume to challenge the dealings of God (4') ! Similar errands are narrated in 2 Es S™"- lOn In the Prayer of Joseph, Uriel is the angel with whom Jacob wrestles. In WTestling with him, Jacob claims to be ' the firstborn of every creature animated by God,' and affirms that Uriel is eighth in rank aftei him [see Joseph, Prayer of, vol. ii. p. 778'']. In the Sibylline Oracles, ii. 228, Uriel is named as the one who will bring the sorrow-stricken forms of the Titans and giants to judgment ; and in the Life of Adam and Eve, § 48, Michael and Uriel are commanded to bury Adam and Abel in Paradise. J. T. Marshall.