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Lexicon :: Strong's H5780 - ʿûṣ

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עוּץ
Transliteration
ʿûṣ
Pronunciation
oots
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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, Greek Version of the LXX Ως, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Chronicles Ουζ.
b. eldest 'son' of Nahor Genesis 22:21 (J), A Ωξ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ωζ.
c. Edomite name Genesis 36:28 = 1 Chronicles 1:42, Greek Version of the LXX Ως, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ους
2. location. (= 1. a, b, possibly also c), מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ הָעוּץ Jeremiah 25:20 (Greek Version of the LXX omitted); בְּאֶרֶץעֿוּץ Job 1:1 (home of Job), Greek Version of the LXX Αυσιτις; Lamentations 4:21 (strike out עוּץ Greek Version of the LXX 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. bdb073401, so WeHeid. 2, 146; against this NöZMG xi (1886), 183 f., but see reply RSSem i. 43.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:23; 22:21; 36:28

1 Chronicles

1:17; 1:42

Job

1:1

Jeremiah

25:20

Lamentations

4:21

H5780

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Strong's Number H5780 matches the Hebrew עוּץ (ʿûṣ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:23 - The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - The oldest was named Uz, the next oldest was Buz, followed by Kemuel (the ancestor of the Arameans),

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:28 - The descendants of Dishan were Uz and Aran.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17 - The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The descendants of Aram were[fn] Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:42 - The descendants of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.[fn] The descendants of Dishan[fn] were Uz and Aran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - along with all the foreigners living in that land. I also gave it to all the kings of the land of Uz and the kings of the Philistine cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz,
O people of Edom?
But you, too, must drink from the cup of the LORD’s anger.
You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.
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