HebrewH0938Proper Noun (Masculine)
בּוּז
buz
“Buz”
3Occurrences
H0938Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Buz, the name of a son of Nahor, and of an Israelite
the same as H937 (בּוּז);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at ; 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
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
בּוּז appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Chronicles
1
Genesis
1
Jeremiah
1
Key Passages
1 Chronicles 5:14BSB
These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.
Genesis 22:21BSB
Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
Jeremiah 25:23BSB
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
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