אוּץ
Transliteration
'ûṣ
Pronunciation
oots
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 51

Strong’s Definitions

אוּץ ʼûwts, oots; a primitive root; to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw:—(make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H213 in the following manner: haste (8x), labour (1x), narrow (1x).

  1. to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow

    1. (Qal)

      1. to press, hasten

      2. to be pressed, confined, narrow

      3. to hasten, make haste

      4. be narrow

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to urge, insist

      2. to hasten

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוּץ ʼûwts, oots; a primitive root; to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw:—(make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
STRONGS H213: Abbreviations
† [אוּץ] verb press, be pressed, make haste —
Qal Perfect אָץ Joshua 10:13; Joshua 17:15; אַ֫צְתִּי Jeremiah 17:16 Participle אָץ Proverbs 19:2 + 3 times Proverbs; אָצִים Exodus 5:13; —
1. press, hasten (transitive but object not expressed) Exodus 5:13 (E).
2. (intransitive) be pressed, confined, narrow Joshua 17:15 כִי אָץ לְךָ הַראֶֿפְרַיִם.
3. hasten, make haste, followed by ל + Infinitive Joshua 10:13 לֹא אָץ לָבוֺא (J, of sun); Proverbs 28:20 לְהַעֲשִׂיר א׳; followed by מִן Jeremiah 17:16 מֵרֹעֶה לֹא א׳; followed by ב (of particular in which one hastens) Proverbs 19:2 (בְּרגְלַיִם); Proverbs 29:20 (בִּדְבָרִים); compare also Proverbs 21:5 וְכָלאָֿץ אַח לְמַחְסוֺר
Hiph. Imperfect וַיָּאִיצוּ Genesis 19:15; תָּאִיצוּ Isaiah 22:4 — hasten (transitive) followed by ב Genesis 19:15 (J); followed by ל + Infinitive אַלתָּֿא׳ לְנַחֲמֵנִי Isaiah 22:4. (May be Qal Imperfect, & verbי ע׳.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:15; 19:15

Exodus

5:13; 5:13

Joshua

10:13; 10:13; 17:15; 17:15

Proverbs

19:2; 19:2; 21:5; 28:20; 29:20

Isaiah

22:4; 22:4

Jeremiah

17:16; 17:16