ʻÛwts — H5780

Definition

masculine locative proper noun

1. Uz = "wooded"
2. n pr m
3. son of Aram and grandson of Seth
4. son of Nahor by Milcah
5. an Edomite, son of Dishan and grandson of Seir
6. n pr loc
7. the country of Job; probably east and southeast of Palestine somewhere in the Arabian desert

Uts, a son of Aram, also a Seirite, and the regions settled by them.

Usually translated as

Uz

Origin

apparently from H5779; consultation

• ʻûwts (H5779)

Occurrences

ʻÛwts occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), 1 Chronicles (2), Job (1), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (1)

• Genesis 10:23 — And the children of Aram; Uz (ע֥וּץ), and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
• Genesis 22:21 — Huz (ע֥וּץ) his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
• Genesis 36:28 — The children of Dishan are these; Uz (ע֥וּץ), and Aran.
• 1 Chronicles 1:17 — The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz (וְע֥וּץ), and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
• 1 Chronicles 1:42 — The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz (ע֥וּץ), and Aran.
• Job 1:1 — There was a man in the land of Uz (ע֖וּץ), whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
• Jeremiah 25:20 — And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz (הָע֑וּץ), and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
• Lamentations 4:21 — Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz (ע֑וּץ); the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.