לוּזLûwz
Luz, the name of two places in Palestine
Pronunciation: looz · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3870
Meanings
1. former name of Bethel (Genesis 28:19; Genesis 35:6; Genesis 48:3)
2. city in hands of Hittites (Judges 1:26)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 28:19 He named that place Bethel (which means “house of God”), although it was previously called Luz.
- Genesis 35:6 Eventually, Jacob and his household arrived at Luz (also called Bethel) in Canaan.
- Genesis 48:3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
- Joshua 16:2 From Bethel (that is, Luz) it ran over to Ataroth in the territory of the Arkites.
- Joshua 18:13 From there the boundary went south to Luz (that is, Bethel) and proceeded down to Ataroth-addar on the hill that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.
- Judges 1:23 They sent men to scout out Bethel (formerly known as Luz).
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).