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Huz
Open directlySmith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(light, sandy soil), the eldest son of Nahor and Milcah. (Genesis 22:21) (B.C. about 1900).
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
HUZ (the strong), the eldest son of Nahor and Milcah, Gen 22:21.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
counsel; woods; fastened
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
HUZ (the strong), the eldest son of Nahor and Milcah, Gen 22:21. HUZ'ZAB appears in the A.V. as a proper name, a queen of Nineveh in the days of Nahum, Nah 2:7. Many scholars, however, take it as a geographical term meaning "the country of Zab." But perhaps it is best regarded as a part of speech, and read: "And it is decreed."