BUZ

1. Son of Abraham’s brother Nahor by his wife Milcah; Rebekah’s uncle. (Ge 22:20-23) His descendants were presumably Buzites, Elihu’s father being described as such.​—Job 32:2, 6; see No. 3 below.

2. A family head and descendant of Jacob’s son Gad.​—1Ch 5:11, 14.

3. A place in Arabia against which Jeremiah foretells doom. (Jer 25:17, 23) It was presumably inhabited by the descendants of No. 1 above.