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Buz

בּוּזStrong’s H0938

buz

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Buz is the Hebrew word usually translated “buz”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,”
Genesis 22:21 KJV
Meaning
  1. Second son of Nahor, Abraham's nephew
  2. A Gadite
  3. Second son of Nahor, Abraham's nephew
  4. A Gadite
  5. § Buz = "contempt"
How it's translated
  • buz 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1
  • Jeremiah 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

בּוּז buz · Buz

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.21; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Buz = "contempt" 1) second son of Nahor, Abraham's nephew 2) a Gadite

בּוּז buz · Buz

A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.14; father of: Jahdo (H3163) § Buz = "contempt" 1) second son of Nahor, Abraham's nephew 2) a Gadite

בּוּז buz · Buz

§ Buz = "contempt" a place in Arabia

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.