Strong's Lexicon

H3868

H3868 — לוּז

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewluwzverbOccurrences: 6TWOT: 1090

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3868
Word:	לוּז
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	luwz
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	looz
Meaning:	1. to turn aside, i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse
KJV Renderings:	depart, froward, perverse(-ness).

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[לוּז] verb (in poetry, mostly Wisdom Literature) turn aside, depart (Late Hebrew Niph`al, Hiph`il; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2777] have recourse to, take refuge in); —

Qal Imperfect מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ אַליָֿלֻזוּ Prov 3:21 let them not (i.e. sound wisdom, etc., si vera 1., compare VB ) depart from thine eyes (see Hiph`il).

Niph`al Participle נָלוֺז Prov 3:32; Isa 30:12 construct נְלוֺז Prov 14:2 pluralנְלוֺזִים Prov 2:15 — figurative, devious, crooked, בְּמַעְגְּלֹתָם ׳ נ Prov 2:15 ׅ || (עִקְּשִׁים; דְּרָכָיו ׳ נ Prov 14:2 as substantive of person Prov 3:32 of course of action Isa 30:12 ׅ || (עשֶׁק, i.e. crookedness = craftiness, cunning, compare De Che Di.

Hiph`il Imperfect אַליַֿלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ Prov 4:21 (subject דְּבָרַי let them [my words] not depart (on form see Ges^{«GKC:72»§ 72} R. 9) from thine eyes (strictly, let them not practise, exhibit, deviation, direct causative, Kö^{i. 205}).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לוז (looz)

Proverbs 3:21

KJV: My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

EHCC: let not them depart from thine eyes:

Proverbs 2:15

KJV: Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

EHCC: and (they) in thelr paths:

Proverbs 3:32

KJV: For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

EHCC: the flowery (a) sbomnination to the Lord:

Proverbs 14:2

KJV: He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

EHCC: but (he that is) perverse in his ways

Proverbs 4:21

KJV: Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

EHCC: Let them not depart from thine eyes ;