H5756: עוּז
ʻûwz · pronounced ooz · “to seek refuge”
Definition
to be strong; causatively, to stregthen, i.e. (figuratively) to save (by flight)
KJV translates it as: gather (self, self to flee), retire.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5756 is translated
- take refuge ×2
- bring to refuge ×1
- they have taken refuge ×1
- flee for refuge ×1
Bible verses with H5756 (ʻûwz)
ʻûwz appears in 5 verses.
- Exodus 9:19
Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
- Isaiah 10:31
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
- Isaiah 30:2
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
- Jeremiah 4:6
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 6:1
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.