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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Uriah
    n 1: (Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who
         was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry
         his wife (circa 10th century BC)

2. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Uriah
   the Lord is my light. (1.) A Hittite, the husband of Bathsheba,
   whom David first seduced, and then after Uriah's death married.
   He was one of the band of David's "mighty men." The sad story of
   the curel wrongs inflicted upon him by David and of his mournful
   death are simply told in the sacred record (2 Sam. 11:2-12:26).
   (See BATHSHEBA; DAVID.)
   
     (2.) A priest of the house of Ahaz (Isa. 8:2).
   
     (3.) The father of Meremoth, mentioned in Ezra 8:33.
   

3. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Uriah, or Urijah, the Lord is my light or fire


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