Strong's Lexicon

H3869

H3869 — לוּז

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

Hebrewluwznoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1090b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3869
Word:	לוּז
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	probably of foreign origin
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	luwz
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	looz
Meaning:	1. some kind of nut-tree, perhaps the almond
KJV Renderings:	hazel.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4359

I. לוּז noun [masculine] almond-tree, almond-wood (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לוּזָא , [untranscribed source text 2778] almond (Löw^{No. 319}), whence Arabic [untranscribed source text 2779] as loan-word (Frä¹⁴⁵ Lag^{BN 157 f.}), Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2780]); — Gen 30:37 ( J ; + לִבְנֶה, עַרְמוֺן לַח) of rods stripped by Jacob.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לוז (looz)

Genesis 30:87

EHCC: and of the hazel and chesnut tree;