נוּץ
nûwts · noots
properly, to flash; hence, to blossom (from the brilliancy of color); also, to fly away (from the quickness of motion)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to flash; hence, to blossom (from the brilliancy of color); also, to fly away (from the quickness of motion)
- properly, to flash
- hence, to blossom (from the brilliancy of color)
- also, to fly away (from the quickness of motion)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: flee away, bud (forth).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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)
the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
The seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נוּץ 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- budded1 · 33%
- bud forth1 · 33%
- not: when they fled away1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
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.