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Buz

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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Buz, son of Nahor and Milcah, and brother of Huz (Genesis 22:21). Elihu, one of Job's friends, who is distinguished as an Aramaean or Syrian (Job 32:2), was doubtless descended from this Buz. Judgments are denounced upon the tribe of Buz by Jeremiah (Jeremiah 25:23; and from the context this tribe appears to have been located in Arabia Deserta.

 

 

 

 

Bibliography Information
Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Buz'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​b/buz.html.
 
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