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buz, bū´zı̄, buz´ı̄t (בּוּז, būz):
(1) Second son of Nahor (). The word occurs again in , by the side of Dedan () and Tema (), and is probably, therefore, the name of a people living in the neighborhood of Edom. Būz and Hazo () are probably the countries of Bâzu and , Ḥazû (the former described as full of snakes and scorpions), which Esarhaddon invaded (KB, II, 131).
(2) A Gadite () (בּוזי, buÌ„zı̄), “an inhabitant of Buzâ€), a title given to Elihu, the fourth speaker in the Book of Job ().