קוּץqûwts
Hiph`il: shew signs of waking, awake (2 Kings 4:31; Ezekiel 7:6; Proverbs 6:22)
Pronunciation: koots · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6974
Meanings
1. from sleep
b. awake (Psalms 44:24; Psalms 35:23; Psalms 59:6)
2. from sleep of death (2 Kings 4:31; Jeremiah 51:39; Jeremiah 51:57)
3. from stupor (of drunkenness) (Joel 1:5; Proverbs 23:35)
4. of inanimate thing (Habakkuk 2:19; Ezekiel 7:6; Psalms 17:15)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 22 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 26:12 So David took the spear and jug of water that were near Saul’s head. Then he and Abishai got away without anyone seeing them or even waking up, because the Lord had put Saul’s men into a deep sleep.
- 2 Kings 4:31 Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child’s face, but nothing happened. There was no sign of life. He returned to meet Elisha and told him, “The child is still dead.”
- Job 14:12 people are laid to rest and do not rise again. Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up nor be roused from their sleep.
- Psalms 3:5 I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the Lord was watching over me.
- Psalms 17:15 Because I am righteous, I will see you. When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied.
- Psalms 35:23 Wake up! Rise to my defense! Take up my case, my God and my Lord.
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).