Every Name in Tanakh

בּוּז Buz

Every verse in which this name stands — 3 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 15×3 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for a son of Nahor, and of an Israelite. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 22:21 and last at 1 Chronicles 5:14.

Genesis 22:21בראשית כב:כא

אֶת־עוּץ בְּכֹרוֹ וְאֶת־בּוּז אָחִיו וְאֶת־קְמוּאֵל אֲבִי אֲרָֽם

Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram;

Jeremiah 25:23ירמיהו כה:כג

וְאֶת־דְּדָן וְאֶת־תֵּימָא וְאֶת־בּוּז וְאֵת כָּל־קְצוּצֵי פֵאָֽה

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair polled;

1 Chronicles 5:14דברי הימים א ה:יד

אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי אֲבִיחַיִל בֶּן־חוּרִי בֶּן־יָרוֹחַ בֶּן־גִּלְעָד בֶּן־מִיכָאֵל בֶּן־יְשִׁישַׁי בֶּן־יַחְדּוֹ בֶּן־בּֽוּז

These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jehishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Buz?

Buz — בוז in Hebrew — has a gematria of 15 in the standard method.

How many times is Buz named in the Tanakh?

3 times, first at Genesis 22:21.

A spelling is not a name. The written word בוז stands 9 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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