H938: בּוּז
Bûwz · pronounced booz · “Buz”
Definition
Buz, the name of a son of Nahor, and of an Israelite
KJV translates it as: Buz.
Word origin: the same as H937 (בּוּז);
Extended definition
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
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H938 is translated
- buz ×3
Bible verses with H938 (Bûwz)
Bûwz appears in 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,