Uz(huz)
“Wooded or counsel”
Summary
The name of three individuals and a region, most famously the homeland of Job located in the Arabian desert near Edom.
☩The Land of Uz
The land of Uz was Job's homeland, situated east or southeast of Palestine, adjacent to the Sabeans and Chaldeans, and near the Edomites of Mount Seir. The location suggests it corresponded to Arabia Deserta of classical geography, in the region where various Aramaic, Abrahamic, and Edomite peoples intersected. Jeremiah groups Uz with Egypt, Philistia, Edom, and Moab, and Lamentations indicates that Edomites once occupied Uz.
☩Persons Named Uz
Three individuals bore this name: (1) A son of Aram and grandson of Shem, representing the Aramaic branch of the Semitic family; (2) The eldest son of Nahor by Milcah, Abraham's brother, representing the Abrahamic branch; and (3) A son of Dishan, a Horite chieftain in Seir, representing the Edomite connection. These genealogical connections suggest the land of Uz was where these three ethnic branches merged.
Related Verses8 mentions
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Uz," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. X (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Uz," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).
- 3.James Orr (ed.), "Uz (1)," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 4.George Morrish, "Uz," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 5.John McClintock and James Strong, "Uz," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. X (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 6.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Uz," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).