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Lexicon :: Strong's H3870 - lûz

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לוּז
Transliteration
lûz
Pronunciation
looz
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from לוּז (H3869) (as growing there)
Strong’s Definitions

לוּז Lûwz, looz; probably from H3869 (as growing there); Luz, the name of two places in Palestine:—Luz.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3870 in the following manner: Luz (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H3870 in the following manner: Luz (8x).

  1. Luz = "almond tree"

    1. the early name of Bethel and probably the name of the town in close proximity to the actual location of the altar and pillar of Jacob

    2. the name of a town in the land of the Hittites; site unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לוּז Lûwz, looz; probably from H3869 (as growing there); Luz, the name of two places in Palestine:—Luz.
STRONGS H3870: Abbreviations
† II. לוּז proper name, of a location.
1. former name of Bethel Genesis 28:19 (J), Genesis 35:6 (E), Genesis 48:3 (P), Joshua 18:13 (twice in verse) (P), Judges 1:23; apparently distinct from Biblical מִבֵּיתאֵֿל לוּ֫זָה Joshua 16:2 (J E; but ל׳ here perhaps explanatory gloss, see Di); Greek Version of the LXX Λουζα, Genesis 28:19 [Ουλαμ]μαυς
2. city in hands of Hittites Judges 1:26 (on conjectures as to site see GFM); Greek Version of the LXX Λουζα.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:19; 28:19; 35:6; 48:3

Joshua

16:2; 18:13

Judges

1:23; 1:26

H3870

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Strong's Number H3870 matches the Hebrew לוּז (lûz),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - He called the name of that place Bethel,[fn] but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6 - And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:3 - And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty[fn] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:2 - Then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23 - And the house of Joseph scouted out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:26 - And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day.
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