3263. Yeuts

Lexical Summary

Yeuts: Counselor, advice, counsel

Original Word: יְעוּץ
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Y`uwts
Pronunciation: yay-oots
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-oots')
KJV: Jeuz
NASB: Jeuz
Word Origin: [from H5779 (עוּץ - devise)]

1. counsellor
2. Jeuts, an Israelite

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Jeuz

From uwts; counsellor; Jeuts, an Israelite -- Jeuz.

see HEBREW uwts

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from uts
Definition
a Benjamite
NASB Translation
Jeuz (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

יעוּץ proper name, masculine Benjamite name 1 Chronicles 8:10, ᵐ5 Ιδως, A Ιεους, ᵐ5^L Ιωας.

Topical Lexicon

Biblical Occurrence

Jeuz appears once in Scripture: “Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah; these were his sons, heads of families” (1 Chronicles 8:10).

Genealogical Significance

1. Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh in the tribe of Benjamin.
2. Listed among “heads of families,” indicating recognized authority within the clan.
3. The placement inside a post-exilic genealogy underscores the Chronicler’s concern to authenticate Benjamin’s lineage after the Babylonian captivity (compare 1 Chronicles 9:1, “the record was taken in the Book of the Kings of Israel”).

Historical Setting

• Shaharaim is said to have fathered Jeuz “in the country of Moab” (1 Chronicles 8:7). The Benjamite presence east of the Jordan shows that tribal boundaries were not rigid; Israelites migrated for economic opportunity and safety (Ruth 1:1–2; Jeremiah 40:11–12).
• The Chronicler writes during or after the return from exile, when re-establishing ancestral lands and Levitical service required verified pedigrees (Ezra 2:59–63).

Theological Insights

• God’s covenant faithfulness includes people otherwise forgotten by history. Though Jeuz is mentioned only once, his name is preserved because every family contributes to redemptive history (Psalm 87:6).
• The record affirms that leadership (“heads of families”) is a divine stewardship, not mere social status (Numbers 1:4; 1 Timothy 3:4–5).
• Benjamin produced both failures (King Saul) and faithful servants (Mordecai, Paul). Jeuz’s lineage illustrates how God continuously raises leaders from a tribe marked by both judgment and mercy (Judges 20; Philippians 3:5).

Ministry Application

• Pastors and teachers can highlight Jeuz to show congregations that obscurity in human eyes is not obscurity to God (Hebrews 6:10).
• Church record-keeping—membership rolls, family histories, missionary archives—echoes the Chronicler’s practice, reminding believers that accountability and continuity matter.
• Small-group leaders may find encouragement: even brief, behind-the-scenes service contributes to the health and identity of the wider body (1 Corinthians 12:22–24).

Related Passages

• Tribal leadership lists: Numbers 26:38–41; 1 Chronicles 7:6–12.
• Exile and genealogy restoration: Ezra 2:61–63; Nehemiah 7:61–65.
• Divine remembrance of names: Malachi 3:16; Luke 10:20; Revelation 20:12.

Forms and Transliterations

יְע֥וּץ יעוץ yə‘ūṣ yə·‘ūṣ yeUtz

Englishman's Concordance

1 Chronicles 8:10
HEB: וְאֶת־ יְע֥וּץ וְאֶת־ שָֽׂכְיָ֖ה
NAS: Jeuz, Sachia, Mirmah.
KJV: And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma.
INT: Jeuz and Shachia Mirmah

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 3263
1 Occurrence

yə·‘ūṣ — 1 Occ.