Atomic Bible

Exile who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra

Uthai

Named in 1 verse of Ezra, first in Ezra 8:14.

עוּתַיUthai

The name means “my iniquity.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

About Uthai Written by AI

Uthai was one of the exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon with Ezra the scribe. He, along with Zabbud, is recorded as leading a group of 70 males of the descendants of Bigvai in this return journey. This took place during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, who commissioned Ezra to lead a group back to Judah to reestablish worship and law according to the Torah. Uthai was part of this important group helping to restore Jewish life in Jerusalem after the exile.

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. Ezra 8:14

    and from the descendants of Bigvai, both Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.