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Uthai

עוּתַי/YOO-thay/

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Summary

The name of two men: a descendant of Judah who lived in Jerusalem after the exile, and a leader who returned from Babylon with Ezra.

☩Post-Exilic Jerusalemite

Uthai was a person of the family of Perez, son of Ammihud, who resided in Jerusalem after the return from Babylonian captivity. He is usually thought to be identical with Athaiah mentioned in the parallel passage in Nehemiah, though the genealogical details differ between the two accounts.

Key verses:1 Chronicles 9:4

☩Companion of Ezra

Another Uthai was the first-named of the 'sons of Bigvai' who returned with seventy males from Babylon with Ezra in the second caravan of returning exiles.

Key verses:Ezra 8:14

Related Verses2 mentions

1 Chronicles· 1 verse

9:4

Ezra· 1 verse

8:14

References

1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Uthai," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. X (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Uthai," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).
3.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Uthai," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).