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Luz <a href="../hebrew/3871.htm" title="3871">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Luz: Luz</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">לוּז</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Location<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Luwz<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>looz<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(looz)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Luz<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Luz<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>The origin of the word "Luz" is uncertain, but it is a proper name used in the Hebrew Bible to denote specific locations.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There are no direct Greek equivalents for the proper noun "Luz" in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific Hebrew place name.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the Bible, "Luz" refers to two distinct locations. The first is an ancient city in the land of Canaan, which was later renamed Bethel by Jacob after his vision of the ladder reaching to heaven (Genesis 28:19). The second Luz is a city in the land of the Hittites, founded by a man who left the original Luz (Judges 1:26).<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Luz, as Bethel, holds significant historical and religious importance in the Bible. It is the site where Jacob had his dream of a ladder reaching to heaven, symbolizing a connection between God and man. This event marked Bethel as a sacred place, and it became a center of worship for the Israelites. The renaming of Luz to Bethel, meaning "House of God," reflects its spiritual significance. The second Luz, mentioned in Judges, indicates the spread of the name and possibly the influence of the original city's cultural or religious practices.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>probably from the same as <a href="/hebrew/3869.htm">luz</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>earlier name of Bethel, also a Hittite city<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Luz (8).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> II. <font class="hebrew2">לוּז</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, of a location 1.</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>former name of Bethel</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19</a> (J), <a href="/interlinear/genesis/35-6.htm">Genesis 35:6</a> (E), <a href="/interlinear/genesis/48-3.htm">Genesis 48:3</a> (P), <a href="/interlinear/joshua/18-13.htm">Joshua 18:13</a> (twice in verse) (P), <a href="/interlinear/judges/1-23.htm">Judges 1:23</a>; apparently distinct from Biblical <font class="hebrew2">מִבֵּיתאֵֿל לוּ֫זָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/joshua/16-2.htm">Joshua 16:2</a> (J E; but <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ל</font> here perhaps explanatory gloss, see Di); <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Λουζα</font>, <a href="/interlinear/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19</a> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">[Ουλαμ]μαυς</font> <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>city in hands of Hittites</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/1-26.htm">Judges 1:26</a> (on conjectures as to site see GFM); <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Λουζα</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">לוח</font> (√ of following, meaning unknown; compare perhaps Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb053107.gif"> <em>shine, gleam, flash</em> (of star, lightning, etc.), or Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb053108.gif"> <em>wipe out, efface</em> with reference to smooth surface; but this = <font class="hebrew2">לחה</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Luz <p>Probably from <a href="/hebrew/3869.htm">luwz</a> (as growing there); Luz, the name of two places in Palestine -- Luz. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3869.htm">luwz</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בְּל֖וּז בלוז ל֑וּזָה ל֔וּז ל֗וּזָה ל֙וּזָה֙ ל֥וּז לֽוּז׃ לוז לוז׃ לוזה bə·lūz beLuz bəlūz lū·zāh luz lūz Luzah lūzāh<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/28-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 28:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֵ֑ל וְאוּלָ֛ם <b> ל֥וּז </b> שֵׁם־ הָעִ֖יר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the name of the city <span class="itali">had been Luz.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of that city <span class="itali">[was called] Luz</span> at the first.<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/28-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Bethel however <span class="itali">had been Luz</span> the name of the city<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/35-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 35:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/35.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיָּבֹ֨א יַעֲקֹ֜ב <b> ל֗וּזָה </b> אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/35.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> came <span class="itali">to Luz</span> (that is, Bethel),<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/35.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> came <span class="itali">to Luz,</span> which [is] in the land<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/35-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> came Jacob <span class="itali">to Luz</span> who the land<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/48-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 48:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/48.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נִרְאָֽה־ אֵלַ֥י <b> בְּל֖וּז </b> בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/48.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> appeared <span class="itali">to me at Luz</span> in the land<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/48.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> appeared <span class="itali">unto me at Luz</span> in the land<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/48-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> appeared to me <span class="itali">Luz</span> the land of Canaan<p><b><a href="/text/joshua/16-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joshua 16:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִבֵּֽית־ אֵ֖ל <b> ל֑וּזָה </b> וְעָבַ֛ר אֶל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joshua/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from Bethel <span class="itali">to Luz,</span> and continued<br><a href="/kjvs/joshua/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from Bethel <span class="itali">to Luz,</span> and passeth along<br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/16-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> went Bethel <span class="itali">to Luz</span> and continued to<p><b><a href="/text/joshua/18-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joshua 18:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/18.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִשָּׁ֨ם הַגְּב֜וּל <b> ל֗וּזָה </b> אֶל־ כֶּ֤תֶף</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joshua/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> continued <span class="itali">to Luz,</span> to the side<br><a href="/kjvs/joshua/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> went over <span class="itali">from thence toward Luz,</span> to the side<br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/18-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> there the border <span class="itali">to Luz</span> to the side<p><b><a href="/text/joshua/18-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joshua 18:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/18.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶל־ כֶּ֤תֶף <b> ל֙וּזָה֙ </b> נֶ֔גְבָּה הִ֖יא</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joshua/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to the side <span class="itali">of Luz</span> (that is, Bethel)<br><a href="/kjvs/joshua/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to the side <span class="itali">of Luz,</span> which [is] Bethel,<br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/18-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to the side <span class="itali">of Luz</span> the south he<p><b><a href="/text/judges/1-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 1:23</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָעִ֥יר לְפָנִ֖ים <b> לֽוּז׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the city was formerly <span class="itali">Luz).</span><br><a href="/kjvs/judges/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the city before <span class="itali">[was] Luz.)</span><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/1-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the city was formerly <span class="itali">Luz</span><p><b><a href="/text/judges/1-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 1:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיִּקְרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ <b> ל֔וּז </b> ה֣וּא שְׁמָ֔הּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and named <span class="itali">it Luz</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the name <span class="itali">thereof Luz:</span> which [is] the name<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/1-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and called name <span class="itali">Luz</span> which name<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3870.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3870.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3870<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a 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