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To summer

קוּץStrong’s H6972

quts

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Quts is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will pass summer”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.”
Isaiah 18:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to spend the summer
How it's translated
  • and it will pass summer 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    קוּץ quts · to summer

    (Qal) to spend the summer

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “summer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SUM'MER, noun

    One who casts up an account.

      All definitions and other forms of “summer”

        SUM'MER, noun

        With us, the season of the year comprehended in the months June, July and August; during which time, the sun being north of the equator, shines more directly upon this part of the earth, which, together with the increased length of the days, renders this the hottest period of the year. In latitudes south of the equator, just the opposite takes place, or it is summer there when it is winter here.

          SUM'MER, verb intransitive

          To pass the summer or warm season.

          1. “The fowls shall summer upon them” Isaiah 18:6

          SUM'MER, verb transitive

          To keep warm. [Little used.]

            SUM'MER, noun

            1. A large stone, the first that is laid over columns and pilasters, beginning to make a cross vault; or a stone laid over a column, and hollowed to receive the first haunce of a platband.
            2. A large timber supported on two stone piers or posts, serving as a lintel to a door or window, etc.
            3. A large timber or beam laid as a central floor timber, inserted into the girders, and receiving the ends of the joists and supporting them.

            Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

            Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.