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Buz

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H938

בּוּז

buz — Buz

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.21; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Buz = "contempt" 1) second son of Nahor, Abraham's nephew 2) a Gadite

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4601

מַעֲכָה

ma.a.khah — Maacah

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.24; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Reumah (H7208); brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514) and Tahash (H8477); half-brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A) § Maachah = "oppression" son of Nahor by concubine Reumah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5018

נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן

ne.vu.zar.a.dan — Nebuzaradan

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.8 § Nebuzaradan = "Nebo has given seed" a general of Nebuchadnezzar's army at the capture of Jerusalem

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H936

בּוּז

buz — to despise

1) to despise, hold in contempt, hold as insignificant 1a) (Qal) to despise, show despite toward

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H937

בּוּז

buz — contempt

1) contempt 1a) springing from evil 1b) springing from prosperity 1c) springing from judgment

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1328

בְּתוּאֵל

be.tu.el — Bethuel

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.22.22; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Tebah (H2875); half-brother of: Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601); father of: Rebekah (H7259) and Laban (H3837A) § Bethuel = "God destroys" or "man of God" or "dweller in God" nephew of Abraham, son of Nahor by Milcah, father of Rebekah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4435

מִלְכָּה

mil.kah — Milcah

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29; daughter of: Haran (H2039); sister of: Lot (H3876) and Iscah (H3252); married to Nahor (H5152H); mother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A) § Milcah = "queen" 1) daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham's brother, to whom she bore 8 children 2) a daughter of Zelophehad and granddaughter of Manasseh

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7055

קְמוּאֵל

qe.mu.el — Kemuel

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.21; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601); father of: Aram (H0758H) § Kemuel = "raised of God" 1) son of Nahor by Milcah and father of Aram 2) son of Shiphtan, prince of the tribe of Ephraim, and one of the 12 men selected to apportion the promised land between the tribes 3) Levite, father of Hashabiah, prince of the tribe in the time of David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5822

עׇזְנִיָּה

oz.niy.yah — vulture

1) an unclean bird of prey 1a) osprey, black eagle, buzzard 1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H940

בּוּזִי

bu.zi — Buzite

Someone descended from Ram (H7410I), first mentioned at Job.32.2 § Buzite = "contempt" one of the ancestors of Elihu

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1514

גַּ֫חַם

ga.cham — Gaham

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.24; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Reumah (H7208); brother of: Tebah (H2875), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601); half-brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A) § Gaham = "burning" a son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his concubine Reumah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2375

חֲזוֹ

cha.zo — Hazo

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.22; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Hazo = "vision" son of Nahor by his wife Milcah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2875

טֶ֫בַח

te.vach — Tebah

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.24; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Reumah (H7208); brother of: Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601); half-brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A) § Tebah = "a slaughter" a son of Nahor by his concubine Reumah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3044

יִדְלָ֑ף

yid.laph — Jidlaph

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.22; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Jidlaph = "weeping" a son of Nahor

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3163

יַחְדּוֹ

yach.do — Jahdo

A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.14; son of: Buz (H0938H); father of: Jeshishai (H3454) § Jahdo = "His unity" a Gileadite, son of Buz and father of Jeshishai

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3168

יְחֶזְקֵאל

ye.chez.qel — Jehezkel

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.16 § Ezekiel or Jehezekel = "God strengthens" 1) son of Buzi and a priest and prophet; author of the book by his name; taken captive with Jehoiachin and exiled in Babylon where he prophesied for the next 22 years 2) a priest in charge of the 20th course in the time of David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3777

כֶּ֫שֶׂד

ke.sed — Chesed

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.22; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Chesed = "increase" the 4th son of Nahor, the nephew of Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6394

פִּלְדָּשׁ

pil.dash — Pildash

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.22; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Pildash = "flame of fire" one of the 8 sons of Nahor, the brother of Abraham, by Milcah his wife or niece

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8477

תַּ֫חַשׁ

ta.chash — Tahash

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.24; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Reumah (H7208); brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514) and Maacah (H4601); half-brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044), Bethuel (H1328A) § Thahash = "dugong" son of Nahor by his concubine Reumah and nephew of Abraham

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GREEK · G6683

βομβέω

bombeō — to resonate

to make a booming, humming noise, to sound deep or hollow , (Homer); βόμβησαν κατὰ ῥόον the oars fell with a loud noise down into the tide, (Odyssey by Homer); βόμβησεν λίθος the stone flew humming through the air, (Odyssey by Homer):—;of bees, to hum , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); of mosquitoes, to buzz , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H941

בּוּזִי

bu.zi — Buzi

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezk.1.3; father of: Ezekiel (H3168H) § Buzi = "my contempt" father of Ezekiel (or ancestor)

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Historical dictionary entry

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).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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