Atomic Bible

A region associated with Job, Edom, and Arabia

Uz

Named in 3 verses across 3 books, first in Job 1:1.

עוּץUz

The name means “counsel; words.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

About Uz Written by AI

Uz is a region mentioned in the Bible, most prominently as the homeland of Job, the righteous man whose faith was tested through great suffering (Job.1.1). The exact location of Uz is uncertain, but it is believed to be situated east of the land of Israel and Edom, possibly in northern Arabia or southern Jordan. Job's story describes Uz as a place near the desert (Job.1.19) but also fertile for farming and raising livestock (Job.1.3, 14; 42:12). The people of Uz are referred to as "the people of the East" (Job.1.3), and the land was vulnerable to Chaldean raiding parties (Job.1.17). Uz is also mentioned in Jeremiah 25:20 among the nations that will drink the cup of God's wrath, and in Lamentations 4:21, where Edom is addressed as dwelling in the land of Uz. Some scholars propose that Uz may be a fictional place serving the story of Job rather than a physical land, with the name "Uz" in Hebrew meaning "counsel" or "advice."

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Uz, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

Fertile land. (1.) The son of Aram, and grandson of Shem (Gen. 10:23; 1 Chr. 1:17).

(2.) One of the Horite “dukes” in the land of Edom (Gen. 36:28).

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(3.) The eldest son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother (Gen. 22:21, R.V.).

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names it

  1. Job 1:1

    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

  2. Jeremiah 25:20

    all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

  3. Lamentations 4:21

    So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.