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Lexicon :: Strong's H3868 - lûz

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לוּז
Transliteration
lûz
Pronunciation
looz
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1090

Strong’s Definitions

לוּז lûwz, looz; a primitive root; (compare H3867, H3874 and H3885) to turn aside, i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse:—depart, froward, perverse(-ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H3868 in the following manner: froward (2x), depart (2x), perverse (1x), perverseness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H3868 in the following manner: froward (2x), depart (2x), perverse (1x), perverseness (1x).

  1. to depart, turn aside

    1. (Qal) to depart

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to go wrong, go crooked

      2. devious, perverse (participle)

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to be lost from view

      2. to become devious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לוּז lûwz, looz; a primitive root; (compare H3867, H3874 and H3885) to turn aside, i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse:—depart, froward, perverse(-ness).
STRONGS H3868: Abbreviations
† [לוּז] verb (in poetry, mostly Wisdom Literature) turn aside, depart (Late Hebrew Niph., Hiph.; Arabic bdb053103 have recourse to, take refuge in); —
Qal Imperfect מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ אַליָֿלֻזוּ Proverbs 3:21 let them not (i.e. sound wisdom, etc., si vera lectio, compare VB) depart from thine eyes (see Hiph.).
Niph. Participle נָלוֺז Proverbs 3:32; Isaiah 30:12; construct נְלוֺז Proverbs 14:2; pluralנְלוֺזִים Proverbs 2:15; — figurative, devious, crooked, בְּמַעְגְּלֹתָם נ׳ Proverbs 2:15 ׅ || (עִקְּשִׁים; דְּרָכָיו נ׳ Proverbs 14:2; as substantive of person Proverbs 3:32; of course of action Isaiah 30:12 ׅ || (עשֶׁק, i.e. crookedness = craftiness, cunning, compare De Che Di.
Hiph. Imperfect אַליַֿלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ Proverbs 4:21 (subject דְּבָרַי let them [my words] not depart (on form see Ges§ 72 R. 9) from thine eyes (strictly, let them not practise, exhibit, deviation, direct causative, Köi. 205).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Proverbs

2:15; 2:15; 3:21; 3:32; 3:32; 4:21; 14:2; 14:2

Isaiah

30:12; 30:12

H3868

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3868 matches the Hebrew לוּז (lûz),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:15 - Whose ways H734 are crooked, H6141 and they froward H3868 in their paths: H4570

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21 - My son, H1121 let not them depart H3868 from thine eyes: H5869 keep H5341 sound wisdom H8454 and discretion: H4209

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:32 - For the froward H3868 is abomination H8441 to the LORD: H3068 but his secret H5475 is with the righteous. H3477

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:21 - Let them not depart H3868 from thine eyes; H5869 keep H8104 them in the midst H8432 of thine heart. H3824

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:2 - He that walketh H1980 in his uprightness H3476 feareth H3373 the LORD: H3068 but he that is perverse H3868 in his ways H1870 despiseth H959 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 - Wherefore thus saith H559 the Holy One H6918 of Israel, H3478 Because ye despise H3988 this word, H1697 and trust H982 in oppression H6233 and perverseness, H3868 and stay H8172 thereon:
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