UZ a district of Western Asia, to which the prophet Job belonged. ( Job, 1.1.) It cannot be certainly determined where it was; hence, learned men have placed it in very different localities. Winer, who has examined the question, inclines to place it in the neighbourhood of Edom, adjoining Arabia and Chaldaea. ( Biblisch. Realwörterb. s. v. Uz. ) The people are perhaps represented in classical geography by the Αὐσῖταιor Αἰσῖταιof Ptolemy (Ptol. 5.19.2), a tribe who lived on the borders of Babylonia. In Genesis10.23, Uz is called the son of Aram: hence Josephus says, Οὖσος κτίζει τῆν Γραχωνῖτιν καὶ Δαμασκόν ( Antiq. 1.6.4); but there is no sufficient evidence to show that the land of Uzof Job is connected with Northern Mesopotamia.
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