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Lexicon :: Strong's H6973 - qûṣ

Aa
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 severing oneself from (compare קוּט (H6962))]
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TWOT Reference: 2002

Strong’s Definitions

קוּץ qûwts, koots; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of severing oneself from (compare H6962)); to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious:—abhor, be distressed, be grieved, loathe, vex, be weary.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6973 in the following manner: abhor (3x), weary (2x), loath (1x), distressed (1x), vex (1x), grieved (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6973 in the following manner: abhor (3x), weary (2x), loath (1x), distressed (1x), vex (1x), grieved (1x).

  1. to be grieved, loathe, abhor, feel a loathing or abhorrence or sickening dread

    1. (Qal)

      1. to feel a loathing at, abhor

      2. to feel a sickening dread

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause sickening dread

      2. to cause loathing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קוּץ qûwts, koots; a primitive root (identical with through the idea of severing oneself from (compare H6962)); to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious:—abhor, be distressed, be grieved, loathe, vex, be weary.
STRONGS H6973: Abbreviations
† I. [קוּץ] verb feel a loathing, abhorrence, sickening dread (|| √of קוט; Targum קוּץ id.; for connection of meanings compare Aramaic קְנַט loathe, bdb088001 fear); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular קָ֫צָה Numbers 21:5; 1st person singular קַ֫צְתִּי Genesis 27:46; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיָּ֫קָץ Numbers 22:3; 1 Kings 11:25 (but see below); 2nd person masculine singular jussive תָּקֹץ Proverbs 3:11; 1st person singular וָאָקֻץ Leviticus 20:23; 3rd person masculine plural וַיָּקֻצוּ Exodus 1:12; Participle קָץ Isaiah 7:16; —
1. feel a loathing at, abhor, with ב of thing Numbers 21:5 (JE), Genesis 27:46 (P), Proverbs 3:11 (|| מָאַס); with ב person Leviticus 20:23 (H; subject י׳); so 1 Kings 11:25, but Kit (after Syriac Version, compare Greek Version of the LXX) proposes וַ֫יָּצֶק (√ צוק Hiph. distress).
2. feel a sickening dread, with
מִפְּנֵי person Exodus 1:12 (J), Numbers 22:3 (E), Isaiah 7:16.
Hiph. Imperfect 1st person plural suffix נְקִיצֶנָּה Isaiah 7:6 (suffix of Judah) let us cause her sickening dread, but weak, read נְצִיקֶנָּה (√ צוק) Thes Che Du Gr Marti. — Other Hiph. forms see קיץ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:46; 27:46

Exodus

1:12; 1:12

Leviticus

20:23; 20:23

Numbers

21:5; 21:5; 22:3; 22:3

1 Kings

11:25; 11:25

Proverbs

3:11; 3:11

Isaiah

7:6; 7:16; 7:16

H6973

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6973 matches the Hebrew קוּץ (qûṣ),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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And Rebekah H7259 said H559 to Isaac H3327, “I am tired H6973 of [fn]living H2416 because H4480 H6440 of the daughters H1323 of Heth H2845; if H518 Jacob H3290 takes H3947 a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Heth H2845 like these H428 from the daughters H1323 of the land H776, what H4100 good will my life H2416 be to me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more H834 they oppressed H6031 them, the more H3651 they multiplied H7235 and the more H3651 they [fn]spread H6555 out H6555, so that they dreaded H6973 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - ‘Furthermore, you shall not [fn]follow H1980 the customs H2708 of the nation H1471 which H834 I am going to drive H7971 out H7971 before H6440 you, because H3588 they did H6213 all H3605 these H428 things H428; therefore I have felt H6973 disgust H6973 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5 - So the people H5971 spoke H1696 against God H430 and Moses H4872: “Why H4100 have you brought H5927 us up H5927 from Egypt H4714 to die H4191 in the wilderness H4057? For there H369 is H369 no H369 [fn]food H3899 and no H369 water H4325, and [fn]we are disgusted H6973 with [fn]this miserable H7052 food H3899.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:3 - So Moab H4124 was in great H3966 fear H1481 because H4480 H6440 of the people H5971, for they were numerous H7227; and Moab H4124 was in H6973 dread H6973 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:25 - So he was an adversary H7854 to Israel H3478 all H3605 the days H3117 of Solomon H8010, along with the harm H7451 that Hadad H1908 inflicted; and he felt H6973 disgust H6973 for Israel H3478 and reigned H4427 over H5921 Aram H758.

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My son H1121, do not reject H3988 the [fn]discipline H4148 of the LORD H3068

Or loathe H6973 His rebuke H8433,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:6 - “Let’s go H5927 up H5927 against Judah H3063 and [fn]terrorize H6973 it, and take H1234 it for ourselves by H1234 assault H1234 and set H4427 up H4427 the son H1121 of Tabeel H2870 as king H4428 in the midst H8432 of it,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - “For before H2962 the boy H5288 knows H3045 enough to refuse H3988 evil H7451 and choose H977 good H2896, the land H127 whose H834 two H8147 kings H4428 you dread H6973 will be abandoned H5800.
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