Lexical Definition
עוּץ ʻÛwts (oots) Uz N:N-M-P
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
Extended Information
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.28
- son of: Dishan (דִּישָׁן)
- brother of: Aran (אֲרָן)
Brown-Driver-Briggs
עוּץ proper name
1. masculine a. (eldest) 'son' of Aram Gen 10:23 (P), = 'son' of Shem 1Chr 1:17, ᵐ5 Ως, ᵐ5L Chronicles Ουζ.
b. eldest 'son' of Nahor Gen 22:21 (J), A Ωξ, ᵐ5L Ωζ.
c. Edomite name Gen 36:28 = 1Chr 1:42, ᵐ5 Ως, ᵐ5L Ους
2. location (=
1. a, b, possibly also c), מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ הָעוּץ Jer 25:20 (ᵐ5 omitted); בְּאֶרֶץעֿוּץ Job 1:1 (home of Job), ᵐ5 Αυσιτις; Lam 4:21 (strike out עוּץ ᵐ5 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 Uƒƒu, 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 10:23 · 22:21 · 36:28 |
| 1 Chronicles | 1:17 · 1:42 |
| Job | 1:1 |
| Jeremiah | 25:20 |
| Lamentations | 4:21 |
Profile
Male • Son of Dishan • Son of Dishan, a Horite chief
Edomite living at the time of the Patriarchs
Uz, a Horite, was the son of Dishan, a chief in Seir.
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.28;
- only referred to as Uz עוּץ;
- son of Dishan דִּישָׁן;
- a brother of Aran אֲרָן.
Uz was a Horite man, the son of Dishan, who was one of the chiefs of the Horites living in the land of Seir. The Horites were the original inhabitants of Seir before the Edomites displaced them. Uz is listed in the genealogy of the chiefs of Edom, which includes Horite and Edomite rulers. His mention helps trace the peoples living in Seir and Edom in the time of Esau and his descendants.
All entries for Uz: עוּץ