לוּז
Transliteration
lûz
Pronunciation
looz
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1090

Strong’s Definitions

לוּז lûwz, looz; a primitive root; (compare H3867, H3874 and H3885) to turn aside, i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse:—depart, froward, perverse(-ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H3868 in the following manner: froward (2x), depart (2x), perverse (1x), perverseness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H3868 in the following manner: froward (2x), depart (2x), perverse (1x), perverseness (1x).

  1. to depart, turn aside

    1. (Qal) to depart

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to go wrong, go crooked

      2. devious, perverse (participle)

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to be lost from view

      2. to become devious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לוּז lûwz, looz; a primitive root; (compare H3867, H3874 and H3885) to turn aside, i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse:—depart, froward, perverse(-ness).
STRONGS H3868: Abbreviations
† [לוּז] verb (in poetry, mostly Wisdom Literature) turn aside, depart (Late Hebrew Niph., Hiph.; Arabic have recourse to, take refuge in); —
Qal Imperfect מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ אַליָֿלֻזוּ Proverbs 3:21 let them not (i.e. sound wisdom, etc., si vera lectio, compare VB) depart from thine eyes (see Hiph.).
Niph. Participle נָלוֺז Proverbs 3:32; Isaiah 30:12; construct נְלוֺז Proverbs 14:2; pluralנְלוֺזִים Proverbs 2:15; — figurative, devious, crooked, בְּמַעְגְּלֹתָם נ׳ Proverbs 2:15 ׅ || (עִקְּשִׁים; דְּרָכָיו נ׳ Proverbs 14:2; as substantive of person Proverbs 3:32; of course of action Isaiah 30:12 ׅ || (עשֶׁק, i.e. crookedness = craftiness, cunning, compare De Che Di.
Hiph. Imperfect אַליַֿלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ Proverbs 4:21 (subject דְּבָרַי let them [my words] not depart (on form see Ges§ 72 R. 9) from thine eyes (strictly, let them not practise, exhibit, deviation, direct causative, Köi. 205).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Proverbs

Proverbs 2:15; Proverbs 2:15; Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 3:32; Proverbs 3:32; Proverbs 4:21; Proverbs 14:2; Proverbs 14:2

Isaiah

Isaiah 30:12; Isaiah 30:12