Luz
לוּזStrong’s H3870luz
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Luz is the Hebrew word usually translated “luz”, “luz towards” and “at luz”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.”
Meaning
- § Luz = "almond tree"
How it's translated
- luz 4
- luz towards 3
- at luz 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
- Joshua 2
- Judges 2
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 35:6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
- Genesis 48:3And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
- Joshua 16:2And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
- Joshua 18:13And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
- Judges 1:23And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
- Judges 1:26And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
Hebrew dictionary
לוּז luz · Luz
§ Luz = "almond tree" the name of a town in the land of the Hittites
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.