לוּז
luz · Luz
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3870 · appears 8 times in the Bible
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luz (לוּז) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Luz”.
The old name of the town of Bethel; also another town.
How to say it
luz
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Genesis 28:19
He called the name of that place Bethel, but Luz was the name of the city at first.
- Genesis 35:6
Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (that is, Bethel), he and all the people who were with him.
- Genesis 48:3
Jacob said to Joseph, “El Shaddai appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
- Joshua 16:2
and it went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the territory of the Archites at Ataroth;
- Joshua 18:13
And from there the border passed along to Luz, to the slope of Luz on the south (that is Bethel); and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, on the hill that is south of Lower Beth-horon.
- Judges 1:23
The house of Joseph had men scout out Bethel (the name of the city formerly was Luz).
- Judges 1:26
The man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz; that is its name to this day.
And 1 more times.