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HebrewH3870Noun

לוּז

luz

7Occurrences
H3870Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Luz, the name of two places in Palestine

probably from H3869 (לוּז) (as growing there);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Luz = "almond tree" the name of a town in the land of the Hittites

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

לוּז appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
3
Judges
2
Joshua
2

Key Passages

Genesis 28:19BSB

and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

Genesis 35:6BSB

So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 48:3BSB

Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

Judges 1:23BSB

They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),

Judges 1:26BSB

And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.