Person Old Testament
Koz
Also known as Koz =ESV, NIV; Coz =KJV
Koz, a descendant of Judah through Ashhur. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 4:8.
Why it matters. Son of Ashhur, a Judahite
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Koz
Koz was a son of Ashhur and a descendant of Judah (1Ch.4.8). He is mentioned in the genealogy of Judah, but no additional information is provided about him in the Bible. Koz lived during the period of the judges or the early monarchy in Israel.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)