עוּץ
Transliteration
ʿûṣ
Pronunciation
oots
Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from עוּץ (H5779)
Strong’s Definitions

עוּץ ʻÛwts, oots; apparently from H5779; consultation; Uts, a son of Aram, also a Seirite, and the regions settled by them.:—Uz.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H5780 in the following manner: Uz (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H5780 in the following manner: Uz (8x).

  1. Uz = "wooded"

    proper masculine noun

    1. son of Aram and grandson of Shem[1]

    2. son of Nahor by Milcah

    3. an Edomite, son of Dishan and grandson of Seir

      proper locative noun

    4. the country of Job; probably east and southeast of Palestine somewhere in the Arabian desert


1. Edited by BLB [An error was made in the original document incorrectly quoting Seth as the grandfather, instead of Shem (Gen 10:22-23)]

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עוּץ ʻÛwts, oots; apparently from H5779; consultation; Uts, a son of Aram, also a Seirite, and the regions settled by them.:—Uz.
STRONGS H5780: Abbreviations
† עוּץ proper name
1. masculine
a. (eldest) 'son' of Aram Genesis 10:23 (P), = 'son' of Shem 1 Chronicles 1:17, Ως, Chronicles Ουζ.
b. eldest 'son' of Nahor Genesis 22:21 (J), A Ωξ, Ωζ.
c. Edomite name Genesis 36:28 = 1 Chronicles 1:42, Ως, Ους
2. location. (= 1. a, b, possibly also c), מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ הָעוּץ Jeremiah 25:20 ( omitted); בְּאֶרֶץעֿוּץ Job 1:1 (home of Job), Αυσιτις; Lamentations 4:21 (strike out עוּץ compare Bu and references); on Uz as vague name for east country see especially Buix. f.; DlPa 259, ZKF ii. 87 ff. puts in Hauran, or north (northeast) therefrom, = Assyrian Uṣṣu, but dubious with name עוּץ RSK 261 compare Arabic proper name, of divinity. , so WeHeid. 2, 146; against this NöZMG xi (1886), 183 f., but see reply RSSem i. 43.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

Genesis 10:23; Genesis 22:21; Genesis 36:28

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 1:17; 1 Chronicles 1:42

Job

Job 1:1

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 25:20

Lamentations

Lamentations 4:21