עוּץ
ʻÛwts · oots
Uts, a son of Aram, also a Seirite, and the regions settled by them.
Lexicon
Derivation: apparently from H5779 (עוּץ); consultation;
Uts, a son of Aram, also a Seirite, and the regions settled by them.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Uz.
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)
- 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)
to see and know › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
To see and know that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עוּץ 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 · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of uz3 · 38%
- uz2 · 25%
- huz1 · 13%
- are these; uz1 · 13%
- and uz1 · 13%
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.