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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.
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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 jar of water from Saul’s head, and they went away. No man saw it or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, “The child has not awakened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12 - so a man lies down and rises not again;
till the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be roused out of his sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5 - I lay down and slept;
I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication,
for my cause, my God and my Lord!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 - If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:22 - When you walk, they[fn] will lead you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
and when you awake, they will talk with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - “They struck me,” you will say,[fn] “but I was not hurt;
they beat me, but I did not feel it.
When shall I awake?
I must have another drink.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.
You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For your dew is a dew of light,
and the earth will give birth to the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - As when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he is eating,
and awakes with his hunger not satisfied,
or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he is drinking,
and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched,
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 - At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast
and make them drunk, that they may become merry,
then sleep a perpetual sleep
and not wake, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:6 - An end has come; the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2 - And many of those who 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, you drunkards, and weep,
and wail, all you 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 - Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19 - Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and there is no breath at all in it.
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