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Chuza
Herod's household steward, whose wife Joanna followed and supported Jesus.
What we know — and how we know it
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Family & lineage
Name & titles
ScholarlyChuza (Greek Chouzas) is a non-Greek, most likely Nabataean or Aramaic personal name, which coheres with his role as a household manager (epitropos) in the court of Herod Antipas, whose realm and marriage ties linked him to Nabataea.
Onomastic point: Chouzas (Χουζᾶς) analyzed by scholars as a Nabataean/Aramaic name, not Greek; his title epitropos denotes an estate steward.