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Lexicon :: Strong's H3870 - lûz

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לוּז
Transliteration
lûz
Pronunciation
looz
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from לוּז (H3869) (as growing there)
Strong’s Definitions

לוּז Lûwz, looz; probably from H3869 (as growing there); Luz, the name of two places in Palestine:—Luz.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3870 in the following manner: Luz (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H3870 in the following manner: Luz (8x).

  1. Luz = "almond tree"

    1. the early name of Bethel and probably the name of the town in close proximity to the actual location of the altar and pillar of Jacob

    2. the name of a town in the land of the Hittites; site unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לוּז Lûwz, looz; probably from H3869 (as growing there); Luz, the name of two places in Palestine:—Luz.
STRONGS H3870: Abbreviations
† II. לוּז proper name, of a location.
1. former name of Bethel Genesis 28:19 (J), Genesis 35:6 (E), Genesis 48:3 (P), Joshua 18:13 (twice in verse) (P), Judges 1:23; apparently distinct from Biblical מִבֵּיתאֵֿל לוּ֫זָה Joshua 16:2 (J E; but ל׳ here perhaps explanatory gloss, see Di); Greek Version of the LXX Λουζα, Genesis 28:19 [Ουλαμ]μαυς
2. city in hands of Hittites Judges 1:26 (on conjectures as to site see GFM); Greek Version of the LXX Λουζα.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:19; 28:19; 35:6; 48:3

Joshua

16:2; 18:13

Judges

1:23; 1:26

H3870

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Strong's Number H3870 matches the Hebrew לוּז (lûz),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - Then he named that place [fn]Bethel; but [fn]previously the name of the city had been Luz H3870.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6 - So Jacob came to Luz H3870 (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:3 - Then Jacob said to Joseph, “[fn]God Almighty appeared to me at Luz H3870 in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:2 - It went from Bethel to Luz H3870, and continued to the border of the Archites at Ataroth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - Then from there the border continued to Luz H3870, to the side of Luz H3870 (that is, Bethel) southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill which lies on the south of lower Beth-horon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:23 - The house of Joseph had men spy out Bethel (the name of the city previously was Luz H3870).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:26 - Then the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and named it Luz H3870, [fn]which is its name to this day.
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