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Lexicon :: Strong's H6974 - qûṣ

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קוּץ
Transliteration
qûṣ
Pronunciation
koots
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [identical with קוּץ (H6972) through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare יָקַץ (H3364))]
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TWOT Reference: 904a,2019

Strong’s Definitions

קוּץ qûwts, koots; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare H3364)); to awake (literally or figuratively):—arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H6974 in the following manner: awake (18x), wake (2x), arise (1x), watch (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H6974 in the following manner: awake (18x), wake (2x), arise (1x), watch (1x).

  1. to awake, wake up

    1. (Hiphil) to awaken, arouse, show signs of waking, awake

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קוּץ qûwts, koots; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare H3364)); to awake (literally or figuratively):—arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.
STRONGS H6974: Abbreviations
† I. [קִיץ] verb
Hiph. awake (|| form of יקץ; Late Hebrew in Hiph. (rare)); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵקִיץ 2 Kings 4:31; Ezekiel 7:6; 2nd person masculine singular וַהֲקיצ֫וֺתָ consecutive Proverbs 6:22, etc.; Imperfect 1st person singular אָקִיץ Proverbs 23:35; 3rd person masculine plural יָקִ֫יצוּ Jeremiah 51:39 +; Imperative masculine singular הָקִ֫יצָה Habakkuk 2:19 +; masculine plural הָקִ֫יצוּ Isaiah 26:19; Joel 1:5; Infinitive construct הָקִיץ Psalm 17:15; Psalm 73:20; Participle מֵקִיץ 1 Samuel 26:12; — shew signs of waking, awake:
1. from sleep,
a. 1 Samuel 26:12; Isaiah 29:8 (twice in verse); Psalm 3:6; Psalm 73:20; Psalm 139:18; Proverbs 6:22 (doubtful line, see Toy).
b. of י׳ Psalm 44:24 awake [from sleep] to activity, so Psalm 35:23 (with ל of thing), Psalm 59:6 (with infinitive purpose).
c. from ecstatic sleep of prophets Jeremiah 31:26.
2. from sleep of death, with negative 2 Kings 4:31; Jeremiah 51:39, 57; Job 14:12; of resurrection Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2
3. from stupor (of drunkenness) Joel 1:5; Proverbs 23:35.
4. of inanimate thing Habakkuk 2:19; compare בָּא הַקֵּץ הֵקִיץ אֵלָ֑יִח Ezekiel 7:6 the end cometh, it hath awaked unto thee (Co strike out הֵקִיץ, but the word-play favours it). — Psalm 17:15 is put by Thes Ol Hup Du and others below 1a; Ew De Che below 2; we below 1b; Calv Now from night of distress and helplessness, and so Bae (psalmist representing Israel).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

26:12; 26:12

2 Kings

4:31; 4:31

Job

14:12

Psalms

3:6; 17:15; 17:15; 35:23; 44:24; 59:6; 73:20; 73:20; 139:18

Proverbs

6:22; 6:22; 23:35; 23:35

Isaiah

26:19; 26:19; 29:8

Jeremiah

31:26; 51:39; 51:39; 51:57

Ezekiel

7:6; 7:6

Daniel

12:2

Joel

1:5; 1:5

Habakkuk

2:19; 2:19

H6974

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6974 matches the Hebrew קוּץ (qûṣ),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - And David taketh the spear, and the cruse of water at the pillow of Saul, and they go away, and there is none seeing, and there is none knowing, and there is none awaking, for all of them are sleeping, for a deep sleep from Jehovah hath fallen upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - And Gehazi hath passed on before them, and layeth the staff on the face of the youth, and there is no voice, and there is no attention, and he turneth back to meet him, and declareth to him, saying, 'The youth hath not awaked.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12 - And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5 - I -- I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15 - I -- in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, with Thy form!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 - I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:22 - In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - 'They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - 'Thy dead live -- My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs is thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And it hath been, as when the hungry dreameth, And lo, he is eating, And he hath waked, and empty is his soul, And as when the thirsty dreameth, And lo, he is drinking, and he hath waked, And lo, he is weary, and his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:26 - On this I have awaked, and I behold, and my sleep hath been sweet to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - And I have caused its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not -- an affirmation of the king, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:6 - An end hath come, come hath the end, It hath waked for thee, lo, it hath come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2 - 'And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches -- to abhorrence age-during.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5 - Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:7 - Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19 - Wo to him who is saying to wood, 'Awake,' 'Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid -- gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.
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