Uz — the meaning of the Hebrew name עוּץ

עוּץ

ʻÛwts · pronounced oots · Strong's H5780 · a man and a place

Uz means consultation.

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עוּץ ʻûwts (apparently from, H5779) — to consult open in the lexicon ›

apparently from H5779; consultation; Uts, a son of Aram, also a Seirite, and the regions settled by them.

Gen 10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. (KJV)

8 occurrences in 8 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles, Job, Jeremiah, Lamentations

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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