קוּץ
qûwts · koots
to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of severing oneself from (compare H6962 (קוּט)));
to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abhor, be distressed, be grieved, loathe, vex, be weary.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- 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)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קוּץ 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- i am weary1 · 11%
- and they were grieved1 · 11%
- all these things, and therefore i abhorred1 · 11%
- loatheth1 · 11%
- was distressed1 · 11%
- did: and he abhorred1 · 11%
- neither be weary1 · 11%
- and vex1 · 11%
- that thou abhorrest1 · 11%
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.