Strong's Hebrew · H3870
H3870 Lûwz
לוּז
looz
Luz
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Lûwz appears 8 times in Scripture, in Genesis, Joshua and Judges. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
Luz, the name of two places in Palestine
In the King James Version
Luz.
Derivation
probably from H3869 (לוּז) (as growing there);
Appears 8 times in Scripture
“They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),”
“and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.”
“It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.”
“So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.”
“And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.”
“From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.”
“Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
