Midvash

עוּץʻÛwts

1.

Pronunciation: oots · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5780

Meanings

a. (eldest) 'son' of Aram (Genesis 10:23; 1 Chronicles 1:17)

b. eldest 'son' of Nahor (Genesis 22:21)

c. Edomite name (Genesis 36:28; 1 Chronicles 1:42)

2. (= 1. a., b., possibly also c.) (Jeremiah 25:20; Job 1:1; Lamentations 4:21)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 10:23 The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
  • Genesis 22:21 The oldest was named Uz, the next oldest was Buz, followed by Kemuel (the ancestor of the Arameans),
  • Genesis 36:28 The descendants of Dishan were Uz and Aran.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:17 The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:42 The descendants of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The descendants of Dishan were Uz and Aran.
  • Job 1:1 There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).