אוּץ
uts
“to hasten”
Definition
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
a primitive root;
- to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to press, hasten 1a2) to be pressed, confined, narrow 1a3) to hasten, make haste 1a4) be narrow 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to urge, insist 1b2) to hasten
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
אוּץ appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
Therefore I said,“Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly!Do not try to console meover the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
So the sun stood stilland the moon stoppeduntil the nation took vengeanceupon its enemies.Is this not written in the Book of Jashar?“So the sun stoppedin the middle of the skyand delayed going downabout a full day.”
Even zeal is no good without knowledge,and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
A faithful man will abound with blessings,but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
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