Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3870 - לוּז Luz (earlier name of Bethel)

Original Word:	לוּז
Transliteration:	Luz
Definition:	earlier name of Bethel, also a Hittite city
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Location
Phonetic Spelling:	(looz)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Luz

Probably from luwz (as growing there); Luz, the name of two places in Palestine -- Luz.

see HEBREW luwz

Englishman's Concordance

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
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably from H3869 (as growing there)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. לוּזproper name, of a location 1.former name of BethelGenesis 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 לוּ֫זָהJoshua 16:2 (J E; but ׳ל here perhaps explanatory gloss, see Di); ᵐ5Λουζα, Genesis 28:19[Ουλαμ]μαυς

2city in hands of HittitesJudges 1:26 (on conjectures as to site see GFM); ᵐ5Λουζα.

לוח (√ of following, meaning unknown; compare perhaps Arabic shine, gleam, flash (of star, lightning, etc.), or Syriac wipe out, efface with reference to smooth surface; but this=לחה).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3870. לוּז (Luz) — 8 Occurrences

Genesis 28:19
HEB:אֵ֑ל וְאוּלָ֛ם ל֥וּז שֵׁם־ הָעִ֖יר
NAS: the name of the city had been Luz.
KJV: of that city [was called] Luz at the first.
INT: Bethel however had been Luz the name of the city

Genesis 35:6
HEB:וַיָּבֹ֨א יַעֲקֹ֜ב ל֗וּזָה אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
NAS: came to Luz (that is, Bethel),
KJV: came to Luz, which [is] in the land
INT: came Jacob to Luz who the land

Genesis 48:3
HEB:נִרְאָֽה־ אֵלַ֥י בְּל֖וּז בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן
NAS: appeared to me at Luz in the land
KJV: appeared unto me at Luz in the land
INT: appeared to me Luz the land of Canaan

Joshua 16:2
HEB:מִבֵּֽית־ אֵ֖ל ל֑וּזָה וְעָבַ֛ר אֶל־
NAS: from Bethel to Luz, and continued
KJV: from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along
INT: went Bethel to Luz and continued to

Joshua 18:13
HEB:מִשָּׁ֨ם הַגְּב֜וּל ל֗וּזָה אֶל־ כֶּ֤תֶף
NAS: continued to Luz, to the side
KJV: went over from thence toward Luz, to the side
INT: there the border to Luz to the side

Joshua 18:13
HEB:אֶל־ כֶּ֤תֶף ל֙וּזָה֙ נֶ֔גְבָּה הִ֖יא
NAS: to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel)
KJV: to the side of Luz, which [is] Bethel,
INT: to the side of Luz the south he

Judges 1:23
HEB:הָעִ֥יר לְפָנִ֖ים לֽוּז׃
NAS: of the city was formerly Luz).
KJV: of the city before [was] Luz.)
INT: of the city was formerly Luz

Judges 1:26
HEB:וַיִּקְרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ ל֔וּז ה֣וּא שְׁמָ֔הּ
NAS: and named it Luz which
KJV: the name thereof Luz: which [is] the name
INT: and called name Luz which name

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