Hebrew verb · H5756
עוּז
uzooz
to seek refuge
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻûwz
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5756is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5756
to be strong; causatively, to stregthen, i.e. (figuratively) to save (by flight)
The King James renders it: gather (self, self to flee), retire.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
uz is rendered "to seek refuge". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 9:19So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”
Exodus 9:19הָעֵז֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- bring to refuge1
- flee for refuge1
- take refuge1
- they have taken refuge1
- to take refuge1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הָעֵז֙1
- הָעִ֣זוּ׀1
- הָעִ֖יזוּ1
- הֵעִֽיזוּ׃1
- לָעוֹז֙1
The grammar of each form
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HVhv2mp
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HR/Vqaa
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVhp3cp
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HVhv2ms
Exodus
one use
So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”
- הָעֵז֙haezverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: bring to refuge
Isaiah
two uses
Madmenah flees; the people of Gebim take refuge.
- הֵעִֽיזוּ׃heizuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have taken refuge
They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
- לָעוֹז֙laozpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: to take refuge
Jeremiah
two uses
Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
- הָעִ֖יזוּhaizuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: take refuge
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
- הָעִ֣זוּ׀haizuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: flee for refuge
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.