BUZ
contempt. (1.) The second son of Nahor and Milcah, and brother of Huz (Gen. 22:21). Elihu was one of his descendants (Job 32:2). (2.) One of the chiefs of the tribe of Gad (1-Chr 5:14). (3.) A district in Arabia Petrea (Jer. 25:23).......
BUZI
the father of the prophet Ezekiel (1:3).......
HARUZ
eager, the father of Meshullemeth, the wife of king Manasseh (2-Kings 21:19) and mother of king Amon.......
KIRJATH-HUZOTH
city of streets, Num. 22:39, Num. 22: a Moabite city, which some identify with Kirjathaim. Balak here received and entertained Balaam, whom he had invited from Pethor, among the "mountains of the east," beyond the Euphrates, to lay his ban upon the Israelites, whose progress he had no hope otherwise of arresting. It was probably from the summit of Attarus, the high place near the city, that the so......
LUZ
a nut-bearing tree, the almond. (1.) The ancient name of a royal Canaanitish city near the site of Bethel (Gen. 28:19;35:6), on the border of Benjamin (Josh. 18:13). Here Jacob halted, and had a prophetic vision. (See BETHEL.) (2.) A place in the land of the Hittites, founded (Judg. 1:26) by "a man who came forth out of the city of Luz." It is identified with Luweiziyeh, 4 miles north-west of Ba......
MUZZLE
Grain in the East is usually thrashed by the sheaves being spread out on a floor, over which oxen and cattle are driven to and fro, till the grain is trodden out. Moses ordained that the ox was not to be muzzled while thrashing. It was to be allowed to eat both the grain and the straw (Deut. 25:4). (See AGRICULTURE.) ......
NEBUZARADAN
"the captain of the guard," in rank next to the king, who appears prominent in directing affairs at the capture of Jerusalem (2-Kings 25:8; Jer. 39:11;40:2). He showed kindness toward Jeremiah, as commanded by Nebuchadnezzar (0:1). Five years after this he again came to Jerusalem and carried captive seven hundred and forty-five more Jews.......
PEREZ-UZZAH
the breach of Uzzah, a place where God "burst forth upon Uzzah, so that he died," when he rashly "took hold" of the ark (2-Sam 6:6). It was not far from Kirjath-jearim (q.v.).......
TAMMUZ
a corruption of Dumuzi, the Accadian sun-god (the Adonis of the Greeks), the husband of the goddess Ishtar. In the Chaldean calendar there was a month set apart in honour of this god, the month of June to July, the beginning of the summer solstice. At this festival, which lasted six days, the worshippers, with loud lamentations, bewailed the funeral of the god, they sat "weeping for Tammuz" (Ezek.......
UZ
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). (3.) The eldest son of Nahor, Abraham's brother (Gen. 22:21, Gen. 22: R.V.). ......
UZ, THE LAND OF
where Job lived (1:1; Jer. 25:20; Lam. 4:21), probably somewhere to the east or south-east of Palestine and north of Edom. It is mentioned in Scripture only in these three passages. ......
UZAL
a wanderer, a descendant of Joktan (Gen. 10:27; 1-Chr 1:21), the founder apparently of one of the Arab tribes; the name also probably of the province they occupied and of their chief city. ......
UZZA
strengh, a garden in which Manasseh and Amon were buried (2-Kings 21:18, 2-Kings 21: 26). It was probably near the king's palace in Jerusalem, or may have formed part of the palace grounds. Manasseh may probably have acquired it from some one of this name. ......
UZZAH
strength, a son of Abinadab, in whose house the men of Kirjath-jearim placed the ark when it was brought back from the land of the Philistines (1-Sam 7:1). He with his brother Ahio drove the cart on which the ark was placed when David sought to bring it up to Jerusalem. When the oxen stumbled, Uzzah, in direct violation of the divine law (Num. 4:15), put forth his hand to steady the ark, and was i......
UZZEN-SHERAH
a town probably near Beth-horon. It derived its name from the daughter of Ephraim (1-Chr 7:24). ......
UZZI
the Lord is my strength. (1.) The son of Bukki, and a descendant of Aaron (1-Chr 6:5, 1-Chr 6: 51; Ezra 7:4). (2.) A grandson of Issachar (1-Chr 7:2, 1-Chr 7: 3). (3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1-Chr 7:7). (4.) A Benjamite, a chief in the tribe (1-Chr 9:8). (5.) A son of Bani. He had the oversight of the Levites after the return from captivity (Neh. 11:22). (6.) The head o......
UZZIAH
a contracted form of Azari'ah the Lord is my strength. (1.) One of Amaziah's sons, whom the people made king of Judah in his father's stead (2-Kings 14:21; 2-Chr 26:1). His long reign of about fifty-two years was "the most prosperous excepting that of Jehosaphat since the time of Solomon." He was a vigorous and able ruler, and "his name spread abroad, even to the entering in of Egypt" (2-Chr 26:8,......
UZZIEL
strength of God. (1.) One of the sons of Kohath, and uncle of Aaron (Exo 6:18; Lev. 10:4). (2.) A Simeonite captain (1-Chr 4:39). (3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1-Chr 7:7). (4.) One of the sons of Heman (1-Chr 25:4); called also Azareel (18). (5.) A son of Jeduthan (2-Chr 29:14). (6.) The son of Harhaiah (Neh. 3:8). ......
ZUZIMS
restless; sprouting, were smitten "in Ham" by Chedorlaomer and his allies (Gen. 14:5). Some have identified this tribe with the Zamzummims (q.v.).......
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