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Buz
Contempt. (1.) The second son of Nahor and Milcah, and brother of Huz (Gen 22:21). Elihu was one of his descendants (Job 32:2).
(2.) One of the chiefs of the tribe of Gad (1 Chr 5:14).
(3.) A district in Arabia Petrea (Jer 25:23).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Genesis 22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
- 1 Chronicles 5:14 These are the children of Abihail the 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;
- Jeremiah 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.