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Lexicon :: Strong's H6974 - 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 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 Box1Sa 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear and the vessel of water from Saul's head; and they got away without any man seeing them, or being conscious of their coming, or awaking; for they were all sleeping because a deep sleep from the Lord had come on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no one gave attention. So he went back, and meeting him gave him the news, saying, The child is not awake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12 - So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5 - I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15 - As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 - If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:22 - In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:26 - At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:6 - An end has come, the end has come; see, it is coming on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2 - And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:5 - Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:7 - Will not your creditors suddenly be moved against you, and your troublers get up from their sleep, and you will be to them like goods taken in war?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19 - A curse on him who says to the wood, Awake! to the unbreathing stone, Up! let it be a teacher! See, it is plated with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all inside it.
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