Genesis 22:21 names him as the second son of Nachor, Av-Ram's brother (their grandfather was also named Nachor), by his niece Milkah. His siblings were Uts, Kemu-El, Kesed, Chazo, Pildash, Yidlaph and Betu-El. The Book of Job is set in the land of Uts (Job 1:1), though that book reckons Uts to be in Edom rather than the neighbourhood of Charan. Kemu-El is said to be "the father of Aram", and Kesed is the Yehudit word for Chaldea, so these two are the names of entire peoples. Betu-El will reappear in the Yitschak and Ya'akov stories as the father of Rivkah and Lavan.
Jeremiah 25:23 describes Buz as a tribe "who roam the fringes of the Arabian desert".
Job 32:2 has the name Elihu ben Barach-El ha-Buzi (בַּרַכְאֵל הַבּוּזִי). He was one of those who argued with Iyov (Job). Ha-Buzi once again suggests a tribe or people.
In Yehudit the word Buz means "contempt", but as this is a name from much further east, it is entirely likely that it had an entirely different meaning in its own language.
Yechezke-El's (Ezekiel's) father was named Buzi; he was a priest (Ezekiel 1:3). However, naming him Ben Buzi could just as well describe his tribal ancestry or his coutnry of origin as his dad's first name.
See also 1 Chronicles 5:14, which has another man with the name Buz, in the ancestry of Gad.
Yechezke-El's (Ezekiel's) father was named Buzi; he was a priest (Ezekiel 1:3). However, naming him Ben Buzi could just as well describe his tribal ancestry or his coutnry of origin as his dad's first name.
See also 1 Chronicles 5:14, which has another man with the name Buz, in the ancestry of Gad.
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