עוּז
ʻûwz · ooz
to be strong; causatively, to stregthen, i.e. (figuratively) to save (by flight)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be strong; causatively, to stregthen, i.e. (figuratively) to save (by flight)
- to be strong
- causatively, to stregthen, i.e. (figuratively) to save (by flight)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gather (self, self to flee), retire.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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)
to see and know › to fasten and establish › to cut, to sustain
To see and know that works to fasten and establish that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עוּז 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- therefore now, and gather1 · 25%
- gather themselves to flee1 · 25%
- retire1 · 25%
- gather yourselves to flee1 · 25%
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.