Strong's Hebrew · H938

H938 Bûwz

בּוּז

booz

Buz

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Bûwz appears 3 times in Scripture, in Genesis 22:21, 1 Chronicles 5:14 and Jeremiah 25:23. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

Buz, the name of a son of Nahor, and of an Israelite

In the King James Version

Buz.

Derivation

the same as H937 (בּוּז);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

1 Chronicles 5:14

“These were the sons of Abihail 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, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;”

Genesis 22:21

“Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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