H5780 — עוּץ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewUwtsName/l.Occurrences: 8

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5780
Word:	עוּץ
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	apparently from H5779
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	8
Transliteration:	Uwts
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	`Uwts (oots) n/l.
Meaning:	1. consultation 2. Uts, a son of Aram, also a Seirite, and the regions settled by them
KJV Renderings:	Uz.

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עוּץ proper name

1. masculine

a. (eldest) 'son' of Aram Gen 10:23 ( P ), = 'son' of Shem 1Chr 1:17, ᵐ5 Ως, ᵐ5 ^L Chronicles Ουζ.

b. eldest 'son' of Nahor Gen 22:21 ( J ), A Ωξ, ᵐ5 ^L Ωζ.

c. Edomite name Gen 36:28 = 1Chr 1:42, ᵐ5 Ως, ᵐ5 ^L 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 Bu^{ix. f.}; Dl^{Pa 259, ZKF ii. 87 ff.} puts in Hauran, or north (northeast) therefrom, = Assyrian Uƒƒu , but dubious with name עוּץ RS^{K 261} compare Arabic proper name, of divinity. [untranscribed source text 3777], so We^{Heid. 2, 146}; against this Nö^{ZMG xi (1886), 183 f.}, but see reply RS^{Sem i. 43}.