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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 Box Gen 27:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46 - And Rebekah H7259 said H559 to Isaac, H3327 I am weary H6973 of my life H2416 because H6440 of the daughters H1323 of Heth: H2845 if Jacob H3290 take H3947 a wife H802 of the daughters H1323 of Heth, H2845 such as these which are of the daughters H1323 of the land, H776 what good H4100 shall my life H2416 do me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they afflicted H6031 them, the more H3651 they multiplied H7235 and grew. H6555 And they were grieved H6973 because H6440 of the children H1121 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - And ye shall not walk H3212 in the manners H2708 of the nation, H1471 which I cast out H7971 before H6440 you: for they committed H6213 all these things, and therefore I abhorred H6973 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5 - And the people H5971 spake H1696 against God, H430 and against Moses, H4872 Wherefore have ye brought us up H5927 out of Egypt H4714 to die H4191 in the wilderness? H4057 for there is no bread, H3899 neither is there any water; H4325 and our soul H5315 loatheth H6973 this light H7052 bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3 - And Moab H4124 was sore H3966 afraid H1481 of H6440 the people, H5971 because they were many: H7227 and Moab H4124 was distressed H6973 because of H6440 the children H1121 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:25 - And he was an adversary H7854 to Israel H3478 all the days H3117 of Solomon, H8010 beside the mischief H7451 that Hadad H1908 did: and he abhorred H6973 Israel, H3478 and reigned H4427 over Syria. H758

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - My son, H1121 despise H3988 not the chastening H4148 of the LORD; H3068 neither be weary H6973 of his correction: H8433

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:6 - Let us go up H5927 against Judah, H3063 and vex H6973 it, and let us make a breach H1234 therein for us, and set H4427 a king H4428 in the midst H8432 of it, even the son H1121 of Tabeal: H2870

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - For before the child H5288 shall know H3045 to refuse H3988 the evil, H7451 and choose H977 the good, H2896 the land H127 that thou abhorrest H6973 shall be H6440 forsaken H5800 of both H8147 her kings. H4428
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