What and who is…
Uz

Meaning: fertile land

This was the name of a land and three biblical men…

  1. Uz, the son of Aram, and grandson of Shem (Genesis 10:23; 1 Chronicles 1:17)

  2. The land of Uz may have been named after the above man who settled this region. [See: Land of Uz]

  3. Uz, one of the Horitedukes” in the land of Edom (Genesis 36:28)

  4. Uz, the eldest son of Nahor, Abraham's brother (Genesis 22:21, Revised King James Version)

Author: Matthew G. Easton, with minor editing by Paul S. Taylor.