HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3870
לוּז
luz — Luz
§ Luz = "almond tree" the name of a town in the land of the Hittites
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Luz
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1008
בֵּֽיתְ־אֵל
bet-el — Bethel
§ Bethel = "house of God" ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name)
64 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3868
לוּז
luz — be devious
1) to depart, turn aside 1a) (Qal) to depart 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to go wrong, go crooked 1b2) devious, perverse (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to be lost from view 1c2) to become devious
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2626
κατακλύζω
katakluzō — to flood
κατα-κλύζω [in LXX for שָׁטַף, Psa.78:20, al. ;] to inundate, deluge: pass., 2Pe.3:6.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3649
ὀλολύζω
ololuzō — to wail
ὀλολύζω (onomatop.), [in LXX chiefly for יָלַל hi. ;] (in Hom., of women crying to the gods in prayer or thanksgiving), to cry aloud: Jas.5:1.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3869
לוּז
luz — almond
almond tree, almond wood
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H498
אֶלְעוּזַי
el.u.zay — Eluzai
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.12.5 § Eluzai = "God is my strength" a Benjamite warrior who joined David
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6446
ἀποκλύζω
apokluzō — to rinse off
to wash away : metaphorically in Mid. to purge , (Plato Philosophus): to avert by purifications , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7080
ἐκβλύζω
ekbluzō — to gush out
to gush out
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7104
ἐκκλύζω
ekkluzō — to wash out
to wash out stains, (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7417
ἐπικλύζω
epikluzō — to inundate
1. to overflow , (Iliad by Homer) 2. metaphorically to deluge, swamp , (Euripides); ἐπ. τινὰ κακοῖς (Lucian) 3. metaphorically, also, to sweep away, liquidate the expenses, (Aeschines Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9236
συγκλύζω
sugkluzō — to engulf
to engulf
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
A nut-bearing tree, the almond. (1.) The ancient name of a royal Canaanitish city near the site of Bethel (Gen. 28:19; 35:6), on the border of Benjamin (Josh. 18:13). Here Jacob halted, and had a prophetic vision. (See BETHEL.) (2.) A place in the land of the Hittites, founded (Judg. 1:26) by “a man who came forth out of the city of Luz.” It is identified with Luweiziyeh, 4 miles north-west of Banias.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.