Bible Person

Uz

Meaning: counsel; words · Male · 2 cross references

This Uz entry refers to the son of Aram in the line of Shem, not to the Horite figure linked with Edom. He belongs to the table of nations through which Genesis orders the post-flood world. First appears in Gen 10:23.1

AI summary: This Uz matters because his cross references place him within the Aramean branch of Shem's descendants, helping expand the Bible's map eastward and northward through remembered ancestry. The entry's significance lies in the ordered placement of peoples rather than in narrative action. Taken together, the material presents this Uz as an ancestral marker in the genealogy of the nations.1

Central Figure

Uz

Meaning: counsel; words

The son of Aram, and grandson of Shem (Gen.