Keraia
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לוּז

luzLuz
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place8 occurrences3 books7 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
  • Bethel: Important city in Israel, associated with Abraham and Jacob
  • Luz: A Canaanite city; a man built another city named Luz

Definition

probably from H3869 (as growing there); Luz, the name of two places in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Luz.

Glossary entries

Bethel (Place), Bethelite Luz Aven Bochim El-bethel Bokim

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

8 total
  1. Genesis 28:19ל֥וּז · Luz
    …and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
  2. Genesis 35:6ל֗וּזָה · in Luz
    So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
  3. Genesis 48:3בְּל֖וּז · at Luz
    Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
  4. Joshua 16:2ל֑וּזָה · ([that is,] Luz
    It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
  5. Joshua 18:13 (2×)ל֗וּזָה; ל֙וּזָה֙ · of Luz
    From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
  6. Judges 1:23לֽוּז׃ · Luz)
    They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
  7. Judges 1:26ל֔וּז · Luz
    And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.