לוּז
Lûwz · looz
Luz, the name of two places in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H3869 (לוּז) (as growing there);
Luz, the name of two places in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Luz.
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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to luz2 · 25%
- was called luz1 · 13%
- unto me at luz1 · 13%
- from thence toward luz1 · 13%
- of luz1 · 13%
- was luz1 · 13%
- thereof luz1 · 13%
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.