לוּז
lûwz · looz
to turn aside , i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; (compare H3867 (לָוָה), H3874 (לוּט) and H3885 (לוּן))
to turn aside , i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: depart, froward, perverse(-ness).
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › to cut, to sustain
Authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לוּז 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and they froward1 · 17%
- let not them depart1 · 17%
- for the froward1 · 17%
- let them not depart1 · 17%
- but he that is perverse1 · 17%
- and perverseness1 · 17%
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.