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uz (עוּץ, ‛uÌ„c, עוּץ ×רץ, 'erec ‛uÌ„c; ὨÌÏ‚, OÌ„Ìs, ὨÌξ, OÌ„Ìx, Αὐσῖτις, AusıÌtis):
Biblical Data:
(1) In Uz is the oldest son of Aram and grandson of Shem, while in Uz is the son of Shem. Septuagint inserts a passage which supplies this lacking name. As the tables of the nations in Gen 10 are chiefly geographical and ethnographical, Uz seems to have been the name of a district or nation colonized by or descended from Semites of the Aramean tribe or family.
(2) The son of Nahor by Milcah, and older brother of Buz (). Here the name is doubtless personal and refers to an individual who was head of a clan or tribe kindred to that of Abraham.
(3) A son of Dishan, son of Seir the Horite (), and personal name of a Horite or perhaps of mixed Horite and Aramean blood.
(4) The native land and home of Job (), and so situated as to be in more or less proximity to the tribe of the Temanites (), the Shuhites (), the Naamathites (), the Buzites (), and open to the inroads of the Chaldeans (), and the Sabeans ( the Revised Version (British and American)), as well as exposed to the great Arabian Desert (). See the next article.
(5) A kingdom of some importance somewhere in Southern Syria and not far from Judea, having a number of kings ().
(6) A kingdom, doubtless the same as that of and inhabited by or in subjection to the Edomites (), and hence not far from Edom.