qots is a proper name used for named individuals and for a priestly family identified as the sons of Koz.

The attested forms are Proper nouns, most often naming an individual in genealogical, building, and allotment contexts; they also identify a priestly family as “the sons of Koz.”

1. A named individual · dominant

   The Proper-noun form identifies Koz in a genealogy in 1 Chronicles 4:8, where the APB renders “Koz begot Anub and the Zobebah.” In Nehemiah 3:4 and Nehemiah 3:21, the form occurs in the ancestry of Meremoth, rendered as “son of Uriah son of Koz”; in 1 Chronicles 24:10, the APB renders the allotment clause “The seventh fell to Koz.”

   1 Chronicles 4:8Nehemiah 3:4Nehemiah 3:211 Chronicles 24:10
2. An ancestral priestly family designation · common

   In Ezra 2:61 and Nehemiah 7:63, the Proper-noun form follows “the sons of” within a list explicitly introduced as priests. The APB renders the relevant family designation as “the sons of Koz” in both verses.

   Ezra 2:61Nehemiah 7:63

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Koz,” including “son of Koz” in the Nehemiah building verses and “the sons of Koz” in the priestly lists. These phrases show the verse-level presentation rather than a separate English definition.