(Uʹri) [from a root meaning “light”].

1. A descendant of Judah through Perez, Hezron, Caleb, and Hur. Uri’s son Bezalel was a noted tabernacle craftsman.​—Ex 31:2; 35:30; 38:22; 1Ch 2:4, 5, 9, 18-20; 2Ch 1:5.

2. Father of Geber, who was one of Solomon’s food deputies.​—1Ki 4:7, 19.

3. One of the three Levite gatekeepers who sent away their foreign wives and sons as a result of Ezra’s counsel.​—Ezr 10:10, 11, 24, 44.