Strong's Lexicon

H6973

H6973 — קוּץ

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

HebrewquwtsverbOccurrences: 9TWOT: 2002

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6973
Word:קוּץ
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root (identical with H6972 through the idea of severing oneself from)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:9
Transliteration:quwts
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:koots
Meaning:1. to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious
KJV Renderings:abhor, be distressed, be grieved, loathe, vex, be weary.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7380

I. [קוּץ] verb feel a loathing, abhorrence, sickening dread (|| √of קוט; ᵑ7 קוּץ id.; for connection of meanings compare Aramaic קְנַט loathe, [untranscribed source text 4711] fear); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular קָ֫צָה Num 21:5 1 singular קַ֫צְתִּי Gen 27:46 Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיָּ֫קָץ Num 22:3; 1Kgs 11:25 (but see below); 2 masculine singular jussive תָּקֹץ Prov 3:11 1 singular וָאָקֻץ Lev 20:23 3 masculine plural וַיָּקֻצוּ Exod 1:12 Participle קָץ Isa 7:16
1. feel a loathing at, abhor, with ב of thing Num 21:5 ( J E ), Gen 27:46 ( P ), Prov 3:11 (|| מָאַס); with ב person Lev 20:23 ( H ; subject ׳ י); so 1Kgs 11:25, but Kit (after ᵑ6 , compare ᵐ5 ) proposes וַ֫יָּצֶק (√ צוק Hiph`il distress).
2. feel a sickening dread, with מִפְּנֵי person Exod 1:12 ( J ), Num 22:3 ( E ), Isa 7:16 .
Hiph`il Imperfect 1 plural suffix נְקִיצֶנָּה Isa 7:6 (suffix of Judah) let us cause her sickening dread, but weak, read נְצִיקֶנָּה (√ צוק) Thes Che Du Gr Marti. — Other Hiph`il forms see קיץ .


Other Resources

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

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