אוּץ
ʼûwts · oots
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
- to press
- (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
Strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אוּץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hastened1 · 10%
- hasted1 · 10%
- and hasted1 · 10%
- be too narrow1 · 10%
- and he that hasteth1 · 10%
- but of every one that is hasty1 · 10%
- but he that maketh haste1 · 10%
- that is hasty1 · 10%
- labour1 · 10%
- as for me, i have not hastened1 · 10%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.