The meaning of “עוּץ”
Understanding ʻÛwts reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
apparently from עוּץ; consultation Uz. - § Uz = "wooded" - Uts, a son of Aram, also a Seirite, and the regions settled b...
עוּץ
apparently from עוּץ; consultation Uz. - § Uz = "wooded" - Uts, a son of Aram, also a Seirite, and the regions settled by them. n pr m 1) son of Aram and grandson of Seth 2) son of Nahor by Milcah 3) an Edomite, son of Dishan and grandson of Seir n pr loc 4) the country of Job; probably east and southeast of Palestine somewhere in the Arabian desert
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 22:21 | “Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,” Word: עוּץ (ʻÛwts) | |
| 1 Chronicles 1:42 | “The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.” Word: עוּץ (ʻÛwts) | |
| Job 1:1 | “There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.” Word: עוּץ (ʻÛwts) | |
| Jeremiah 25:20 | “And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,” Word: עוּץ (ʻÛwts) | |
| Lamentations 4:21 | “Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.” Word: עוּץ (ʻÛwts) |