See also:

• UZZIAH (Heb. for " Yah[weh] is [my] strength ")

UZZIAH (Heb. for " Yah[weh] is [my] strength ")  , more correctly See also:

• AZARIAH

AZARIAH (See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew for " Yah[weh] See also:

• HELPS, SIR ARTHUR (1813-1875)

helps "), son of Amaziah, See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

• JOASH, or JEHOASH (Heb. " Yahweh is strong, or bath given ")

Joash I., and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah (2 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings xiv . 22, xv . 1-7) . Of his See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long reign of fifty-two years little is recorded . He recovered Elath at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Aelanitic Gulf, evidently in the course of a successful See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against See also:

• EDOM

Edom (a possible reference in Isa. xvi . 1); we read further in 2 Chron. See also:

• XXVI

xxvi. of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WARS

wars against See also:

• PHILISTINES

Philistines, Arabians and Meunim, of See also:

• BUILDING

building operations in See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem (probably after the attack by Joash), and of See also:

• POLITICAL

political and social reforms . The prosperity which Judah enjoyed during this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period (See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of 8th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century) is illustrated by the writings of See also:

• AMOS
• AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

Amos and by the earliest prophecies of See also:

• ISAIAH
• ISAIAH, ASCENSION OF

Isaiah (e.g. ii . 6 sqq.) . In his old See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age See also:

• UZZIAH (Heb. for " Yah[weh] is [my] strength ")

Uzziah was a leper (2 Kings xv . 5), and the later See also:

• HISTORY

history (2 Chron. xxvi . 16 sqq.) regarded this as a See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment for a See also:

• RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault of which the king was guilty; whilst See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus (See also:

• ANT
• ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u

Ant. ix . To .

4) records the tradition that on the occasion of his transgression the See also:

• LAND

land was shaken by the terrible See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake to which Amos i. r and Zech. xiv . 5 refer . During Uzziah's seclusion his son Jotham acted as See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent . The growing See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of Judah, however, aroused the See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel, which, after the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• JEROBOAM (Heb. ydrob`dm, apparently " Am ['the clan,' here perhaps a divine name] contends "; LXX. iepof3oaµ)

Jeroboam (2), had fallen on evil days (see See also:

• MENAHEM (Hebrew for " consoler ")

MENAHEM) . Jotham's victory over See also:

• AMMON
• AMMON, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1766—185o)

Ammon (2 Chron. See also:

• XXVII

xxvii . 5) could only increase the hostility, and preparations were made by Israel for an See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus which culminated in an attack upon Judah in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Jotham's son, See also:

• AHAZ (Heb. for "[Yahweh] holds ")

Ahaz (q.v.) . The See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification (See also:

• SCHRADER, EBERHARD (1836-1908)

Schrader, McCurdy, &c.) of Azariah with Azriyau of Ja'udi, the head of a See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Syrian See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

confederation at Hamath (See also:

• HAMAH

Hamah) overcome by Tiglath-Pileser IV . (738 B.c.), conflicts with the See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence, with what is known of Uzziah's See also:

• LIFE

life and policy, and with the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical situations represented in the Biblical narratives (see Winckler, Alttest . Forschungen [1893], i . 1–23; S . A . See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook, Ency .

Bib. See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

col . 5244; Whitehouse, Dict . Bib. iv. p . 844 seq . ; id . Isaiah, p . 9 seq . ; See also:

• SKINNER, JAMES (1778-1841)
• SKINNER, JOHN (1721-1807)

Skinner, Kings, p . 359) . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the interrelation of events in See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine and See also:

• SYRIA

Syria during this period combine with the sudden prominence of Judah (under Uzziah) andthe subsequent See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-Judaean and anti-See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian See also:

• COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

coalition (against Ahaz) to suggest that Uzziah had been supported by See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria (cf . Winckler, Keilinschr. u. d . Alte Test., 3rd. ed., p .

262) . In fact, since the Biblical evidence is admittedly incomplete, and to a certain extent insecure, the question of the identification of Azariah of Judah and Azriyau of Ja'udi may be reopened . See H . M . See also:

• HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH (1732–1809)

Haydn, Awn. of Bibl . Lit., See also:

• XXVIII

xxviii.(19o9), pp.I82–199, and artt . See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

JEWS, §§ 13 (beginning), 15; PALESTINE, Old Test . Hist . (S . A . C.) V This See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter was originally, like Y, only one of the earlier forms of the letter U . According to See also:

• FLORIO, GIOVANNI (1553?-1625)

Florio (1611) V is "sometimes a vowel, and sometimes a consonant." In See also:

• MODERN

modern times attempts have been made to assign to it the consonantal value of U, but in See also:

• ENGLISH

English another See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol W is used for this, while V has received the value of the voiced See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of F, which itself had originally a See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound resembling the English W (see under F) .

V is therefore a voiced labio-dental spirant, the breath escaping through a very narrow slit between the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• LIP (a word common in various forms, to Teutonic languages, cf Ger. Lippe, Dan. laebe; Lat. labium is cognate)

lip and the upper See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth . In See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, however, V is used with the same value as F, while W takes the value that V has in English . Apart from some See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect forms which have found their way into the See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, as vat (for See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat or See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine fat which still survives in the English See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible) and vixen the feminine of See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

fox, all the words in English which begin with V are of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign, and most of Latin origin . In the middle of words between vowels f was originally regularly voiced: life, lives; wife, wives, &c . The Latin V, however, was not a labio-dental spirant like the English v, but a bi-labial semivowel like the English w, as is clear from the testimony of See also:

• QUINTILIAN [MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIANUS] (C. A.D. 35-95)

Quintilian and of later grammarians . This quality has remained to it in southern See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and See also:

• GASCONY (Wasconia)

Gascony . In See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and in See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian it has become the labio-dental v, and from French English has adopted this value for it . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early borrowings like wine (Latin vinum), See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall (Latin vallum), retain the w sound and are therefore spelt with w . In the English dialects of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex and See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk there is a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of v to w, but See also:

• ELLIS (originally SHARPE), ALEXANDER JOHN (1814-189o)
• ELLIS, GEORGE (1753-1815)
• ELLIS, ROBINSON (1834- )
• ELLIS, SIR HENRY (1777-1869)
• ELLIS, WILLIAM (1794 – 1872)

Ellis says (English See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

Pronunciation, V, pp . 132, 229) that though he has made diligent See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search he has never been able to hear the v for w which is so characteristic of Sam and Tony Weller in the Pickwick Papers . It is, however, illustrated in Pegge's Anecdotes of the English Language (1803) and confirmed by the editor of the 3rd edition (1844), pp . 65-66 .

The history of V as the Latin See also:

• NUMERAL (from Lat. numerus, a number)

numeral for 5 is uncertain . An old theory is that it represents the hand, while X= to is the two hands with the See also:

• FINGER

finger tips touching . This was adopted by See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen (See also:

• HERMES
• HERMES, GEORG (1775-1831)

Hermes, xxii . 598) . The See also:

• ETRUSCAN

Etruscan used the same v-symbol inverted . V with a See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal See also:

• LINE

line above it was used for 5000 . (P .