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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 H1732 took H3947 the spear H2595 and the jug H6835 of water H4325 that were at H4763 Saul’s H7586 head H4763, and they left H1980; and no H369 one H369 saw H7200 or knew H3045 about it, nor H369 did anyone awaken H6974, for they were all H3605 asleep H3463, because H3588 a deep H8639 sleep H8639 from the LORD H3068 had fallen H5307 on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - Then Gehazi H1522 went H5674 on H5674 ahead H6440 of them and laid H7760 the staff H4938 on the boy’s H5288 face H6440, but there H369 was H369 no H369 sound H6963 or H369 [fn]response H7182. So he returned H7725 to meet H7122 him and informed H5046 him, saying H559, “The boy H5288 has not awakened H6974.”

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So a man H376 lies H7901 down H7901 and does not rise H6965.

Until H5704 the heavens H8064 no H1115 longer H1115 exist H1115,

[fn]He will not awake H6974 nor H3808 be woken H5782 from [fn]his sleep H8142.

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[fn]I lay H7901 down H7901 and slept H3462;

I awoke H6974, for the LORD H3068 sustains H5564 me.

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As for me, I shall behold H2372 Your face H6440 in righteousness H6664;

I shall be H7646 satisfied H7646 with Your likeness H8544 when I awake H6974.

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Stir H5782 Yourself, and awake H6974 to my right H4941

And to my cause H7379, my God H430 and my Lord H136.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23

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Wake H5782 Yourself up H5782, why H4100 do You sleep H3462, Lord H136?

Awake H6974, do not reject H2186 us forever H5331.

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You, LORD H3068 God H430 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478,

Awake H6974 to [fn]punish H6485 all H3605 the nations H1471;

Do not be H2603 gracious H2603 to any H3605 who deal H898 treacherously H898 in wrongdoing H205. Selah H5542

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Like a dream H2472 when H4480 one awakes H6974,

Lord H136, when stirred H5782, You will despise H959 their image H6754.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18

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Were I to count H5608 them, they would outnumber H7235 the sand H2344.

When I awake H6974, I am still H5750 with You.

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When you walk H1980, [fn]they will guide H5148 you;

When you sleep H7901, [fn]they will watch H8104 over H5921 you;

And when you awake H6974, [fn]they will talk H7878 to you.

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“They struck H5221 me, but I did not become H2470 [fn]ill H2470;

They beat H1986 me, but I did not know H3045 it.

When H4970 will I awake H6974?

I will seek H1245 [fn]another H5750 H3254 drink.”

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Your dead H4191 will live H2421;

[fn]Their corpses H5038 will rise H6965.

You who lie H7931 in H7931 the dust H6083, awake H6974 and shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442,

For your dew H2919 is as the dew H2919 of the [fn]dawn H219,

And the earth H776 will [fn]give H5307 birth H5307 to the [fn]departed H7496 spirits H7496.

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It will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 person H7457 dreams H2492—

And behold H2009, he is eating H398;

But when he awakens H6974, his [fn]hunger H5315 is not satisfied H7386,

Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 person H6771 dreams H2492—

And behold H2009, he is drinking H8354,

But when he awakens H6974, behold H2009, he is faint H5889

And his [fn]thirst H5315 is not quenched H8264.

So H3651 will the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 be

Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion H6726.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:26 - At this H2088 I awoke H6974 and looked H7200, and my sleep H8142 had been pleasant H6149 to me.

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“When they become H2552 heated H2552 up, I will serve H7896 them their banquet H4960

And make H7937 them drunk H7937, so H4616 that H4616 they may rejoice H5937 in H5937 triumph H5937,

And may sleep H3462 a perpetual H5769 sleep H8142

And not wake H3364 up,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57

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“I will make H7937 her leaders H8269 and her wise H2450 men H2450 drunk H7937,

Her governors H6346, her officials H5461, and her warriors H1368,

So that they will sleep H3462 a perpetual H5769 sleep H8142 and not wake H3364 up,”

Declares H5002 the King H4428, whose name H8034 is the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:6 - ‘An end H7093 [fn]is coming H935; the end H7093 has come H935! It has awakened H6974 against H413 you; behold H2009, it has come H935!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2 - “And many H7227 of those H3463 who H3463 sleep H3463 in the dust H6083 of the ground H127 will awake H6974, these H428 to everlasting H5769 life H2416, but the others H428 to disgrace H2781 and everlasting H5769 [fn]contempt H1860.

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Awake H6974, you heavy H7910 drinkers H7910, and weep H1058;

And wail H3213, all H3605 you wine H3196 drinkers H8354,

Because H5921 of the sweet H6071 wine H6071,

For it has been eliminated H3772 from your mouth H6310.

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“Will [fn]your creditors H5391 not rise H6965 up H6965 suddenly H6621,

And those who [fn]collect H2111 from you awaken H3364?

Indeed, you will become H1961 plunder H4933 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19

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“Woe H1945 to him who says H559 to a piece of wood H6086, ‘Awake H6974!’

To a mute H1748 stone H68, ‘Arise H5782!’

That is your teacher H3384?

Behold H2009, it is overlaid H8610 with gold H2091 and silver H3701,

Yet there H369 is H369 no H369 breath H7307 at all H3605 inside H7130 it.

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