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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 - So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s head; and they gat them away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Jehovah was fallen upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12 -
So man lieth down and riseth not:
Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake,
Nor be roused out of their sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5 -
I laid me down and slept;
I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15 -
As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness;
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 -
Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me,
Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 -
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
Arise, cast us not off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 -
Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Arise to visit all the nations:
Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 -
As a dream when one awaketh,
So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 -
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:
When I awake, I am still with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:22 -
When thou walkest, it shall lead thee;
When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee;
And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 -
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not hurt;
They have beaten me, and I felt it not:
When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:26 - Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:6 - An end is come, the end is come; it awaketh against thee; behold, it cometh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2 - And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5 - Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:7 - Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19 - Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
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