Bible Person

Buz

Meaning: despised; plundered · Male · 1 cross reference

This Buz entry refers to a Gadite chief in 1 Chronicles 5, not to Nahor's son of the same name. He belongs to the eastern tribal leadership remembered in Chronicles. First appears in 1 Chr 5:14.1

AI summary: This Buz matters because his single cross reference places him within the line of Gadite leaders east of the Jordan. The entry helps preserve the structure and continuity of tribal authority in a region often remembered through warfare and exile. Taken together, the material presents this Buz as a chief within Gad's genealogical record.1

Central Figure

Buz

Meaning: despised; plundered

One of the chiefs of the tribe of Gad (1 Chr.