Uz

Son of Aram

A written article for Uz is still to come. Below and alongside: where Uz appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 2400 BC
    2000 BC
  • Life of Uz son of Aram
    2350 BC to 2100 BC

Original word

  • עוּץ uz, huz
    H5780

Where Uz appears in Scripture

Genesis 10

וּבְנֵי אֲרָם עוּץ וְחוּל וְגֶתֶר וָמַֽשׁ׃
23
And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Genesis 22

אֶת-עוּץ בְּכֹרוֹ וְאֶת-בּוּז אָחִיו וְאֶת-קְמוּאֵל אֲבִי אֲרָֽם׃
21
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

Genesis 36

אֵלֶּה בְנֵֽי-דִישָׁן עוּץ וַֽאֲרָֽן׃
28
The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.

1 Chronicles 1

בְּנֵי שֵׁם עֵילָם וְאַשּׁוּר וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד וְלוּד וַֽאֲרָם וְעוּץ וְחוּל וְגֶתֶר וָמֶֽשֶׁךְ׃
17
The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
בְּֽנֵי-אֵצֶר בִּלְהָן וְזַֽעֲוָן יַֽעֲקָן בְּנֵי דִישׁוֹן עוּץ וַֽאֲרָֽן׃
42
The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.

Job 1

אִישׁ הָיָה בְאֶֽרֶץ-עוּץ אִיּוֹב שְׁמוֹ וְהָיָה׀ הָאִישׁ הַהוּא תָּם וְיָשָׁר וִירֵא אֱלֹהִים וְסָר מֵרָֽע׃
1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Jeremiah 25

וְאֵת כָּל-הָעֶרֶב וְאֵת כָּל-מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ הָעוּץ וְאֵת כָּל-מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְאֶת-אַשְׁקְלוֹן וְאֶת-עַזָּה וְאֶת-עֶקְרוֹן וְאֵת שְׁאֵרִית אַשְׁדּֽוֹד׃
20
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

Lamentations 4

שִׂישִׂי וְשִׂמְחִי בַּת-אֱדוֹם ‫(יושבתי)‬ יוֹשֶׁבֶת בְּאֶרֶץ עוּץ גַּם-עָלַיִךְ תַּעֲבָר-כּוֹס תִּשְׁכְּרִי וְתִתְעָרִֽי׃
21
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.