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Lexicon :: Strong's H6973 - 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 severing oneself from (compare קוּט (H6962))]
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TWOT Reference: 2002

Strong’s Definitions

קוּץ qûwts, koots; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of severing oneself from (compare H6962)); to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious:—abhor, be distressed, be grieved, loathe, vex, be weary.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6973 in the following manner: abhor (3x), weary (2x), loath (1x), distressed (1x), vex (1x), grieved (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6973 in the following manner: abhor (3x), weary (2x), loath (1x), distressed (1x), vex (1x), grieved (1x).

  1. to be grieved, loathe, abhor, feel a loathing or abhorrence or sickening dread

    1. (Qal)

      1. to feel a loathing at, abhor

      2. to feel a sickening dread

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause sickening dread

      2. to cause loathing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קוּץ qûwts, koots; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of severing oneself from (compare H6962)); to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious:—abhor, be distressed, be grieved, loathe, vex, be weary.
STRONGS H6973: Abbreviations
† I. [קוּץ] verb feel a loathing, abhorrence, sickening dread (|| √of קוט; Targum קוּץ id.; for connection of meanings compare Aramaic קְנַט loathe, bdb088001 fear); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular קָ֫צָה Numbers 21:5; 1st person singular קַ֫צְתִּי Genesis 27:46; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיָּ֫קָץ Numbers 22:3; 1 Kings 11:25 (but see below); 2nd person masculine singular jussive תָּקֹץ Proverbs 3:11; 1st person singular וָאָקֻץ Leviticus 20:23; 3rd person masculine plural וַיָּקֻצוּ Exodus 1:12; Participle קָץ Isaiah 7:16; —
1. feel a loathing at, abhor, with ב of thing Numbers 21:5 (JE), Genesis 27:46 (P), Proverbs 3:11 (|| מָאַס); with ב person Leviticus 20:23 (H; subject י׳); so 1 Kings 11:25, but Kit (after Syriac Version, compare Greek Version of the LXX) proposes וַ֫יָּצֶק (√ צוק Hiph. distress).
2. feel a sickening dread, with
מִפְּנֵי person Exodus 1:12 (J), Numbers 22:3 (E), Isaiah 7:16.
Hiph. Imperfect 1st person plural suffix נְקִיצֶנָּה Isaiah 7:6 (suffix of Judah) let us cause her sickening dread, but weak, read נְצִיקֶנָּה (√ צוק) Thes Che Du Gr Marti. — Other Hiph. forms see קיץ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:46; 27:46

Exodus

1:12; 1:12

Leviticus

20:23; 20:23

Numbers

21:5; 21:5; 22:3; 22:3

1 Kings

11:25; 11:25

Proverbs

3:11; 3:11

Isaiah

7:6; 7:16; 7:16

H6973

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6973 matches the Hebrew קוּץ (qûṣ),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46 - And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of the sons of Chet; if Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of this land, wherefore should I live?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong; and the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - And walk ye not in the customs of the nations which I drive out from before you; for they have done all these things, and I have abhorred them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5 - And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Hast thou brought us ought of Egypt to slay us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3 - then Moab feared the people exceedingly because they were many; and Moab was grieved [fn]before the face of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:25 - this is the mischief which Ader did, and he was a bitter enemy of Israel, and he reigned in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - [fn]My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:6 - We will go up against Judea, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabeel king of it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - For before the child shall know good or evil, he refuses evil, to choose the good; and the land shall be forsaken which thou art afraid of because of the two kings.
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