Word Study · Strong's H213 · Hebrew
אוּץ
uts
oots
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼûwts
“to press”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
Rendered in the KJV as
(make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- אָ֥ץ2
- אָ֝֗ץ1
- אָ֣ץ1
- אָצִ֣ים1
- אַ֣צְתִּי׀1
- וְאָ֖ץ1
- וְאָ֥ץ1
- וַיָּאִ֥יצוּ1
- תָּאִ֣יצוּ1
How it is rendered · 9
- and [one who] hastens2
- [were] pressing [them]1
- and they urged1
- hasty1
- hasty [person]1
- I have hastened1
- it hastened1
- it is narrow1
- you insist1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- Hc/Vhw3mp1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
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- HC/Vqrmsa · 2
- HVqp3ms · 2
- HVqrmsa · 2
- Hc/Vhw3mp · 1
- HVhi2mp · 1
- HVqp1cs · 1
- HVqrmpa · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 10:13אָ֥ץʾatzverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSo the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”here: it hastened
- Joshua 17:15אָ֥ץʾatzverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularJoshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”here: it is narrow
Proverbs4 occurrences
- Proverbs 19:2וְאָ֖ץveatzconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularEven zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.here: and [one who] hastens
- Proverbs 21:5אָ֝֗ץʾatzverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.here: hasty [person]
- Proverbs 28:20וְאָ֥ץveatzconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularA faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.here: and [one who] hastens
- Proverbs 29:20אָ֣ץʾatzverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularDo you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.here: hasty