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Jeuz meaning

יעוץ

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🔼The name Jeuz: Summary

Meaning
Counseling, He Will Counsel
Etymology
From the verb עוץ ('us), to create inner strength by contemplation.

🔼The name Jeuz in the Bible

The name Jeuz occurs only once in the Bible. Jeuz is mentioned as one of the seven sons of Shaharaim of Benjamin and Hodesh of Moab (1 Chronicles 8:10).

🔼Etymology of the name Jeuz

The name Jeuz is an active form of the verb עוץ ('us) meaning to counsel, regard:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
עצם

Verb עצם ('asam) speaks of a skeletal structure that (a) lies hidden beneath an obvious surface, and (b) provides the invisible inner strength that keeps the whole in shape. Noun עצם ('osem) means might or skeleton. Noun עצמה ('osma) means strength. Noun עצם ('esem) means bone but may also be used to refer to one's whole body. Adjective עצום ('asum) means mighty or numerous. Noun תעצמה (ta'asuma) is a plural and intensive form meaning might but a whole lot of it.

Our verb may also mean to shut or close, predominantly of eyes, and presumably in order to review one's inner mental structures. Noun עצמות ('asumot) appears to refer to the "bones" of one's reason, the certainties upon which all creativities are grafted.

עצה

Like the previous, the verb עצה ('asa) also means to shut and its sole Biblical occurrence also speaks of closing one's eyes in order to hatch plans in one's heart: to review or form one's inner and structural strength. The very common noun עץ ('es) means tree (whose fruits proverbially show its "heart"). Collectively, trees are known as עצה ('esa). The similar noun עצה ('aseh) describes the backbone of an animal.

Obviously, the Bible is not concerned with the history of political power and solely with the evolution of the wisdom tradition and thus information technology (from cave paintings to the alphabet to blockchain). That means that very few references to wood and trees in the Bible — from the trees of Paradise to Noah's ark, Abraham's oaks, the cedars of Tyre and even the cross of Christ — should be expected to actually be about trees.

עוצ

Probably a by-form of the previous, the verb עוץ ('us) means to counsel or regard with deep inner contemplation.

🔼Jeuz meaning

For a meaning of the name Jeuz, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Counseling and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes Counsellor. BDB Theological Dictionary does not offer an interpretation of the name Jeuz but does list it under the verb עוץ ('us) meaning to counsel.