H3870 H3870
Luz; the ancient Canaanite city renamed Bethel after Jacob's vision, and a second city built by a Hittite exile.
A place name identifying the Canaanite city where Jacob slept and dreamed of the heavenly ladder, afterward renaming it Bethel, 'house of God' (Gen 28:19; 35:6; 48:3). The name Luz appears in boundary descriptions of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh 16:2; 18:13) and in the narrative of a man from the original Luz who built a new city of the same name in Hittite territory (Judg 1:26). The Septuagint renders it Louza. Spanish transliterates as Luz, while French and German preserve the same form, reflecting the name's transparency across languages.
Senses
1. Luz (Canaanite city, later Bethel) — The Canaanite toponym for the city later called Bethel, and a second settlement founded by a refugee from the original. Jacob arrived at Luz, encountered God in a dream, and renamed it Bethel (Gen 28:19; confirmed in 35:6 and 48:3). In tribal boundary lists, Luz/Bethel marks the border between Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh 16:2; 18:13). Judges 1:23–26 records how a man from Luz, spared during the Israelite conquest, went into Hittite territory and built a new city called Luz. Spanish a-Luz and en-Luz, French Luz, and German Lus all preserve the ancient name with minimal adaptation. 8×
AR["فِي-لُوزَ", "لوزَ", "لوزُ", "لُوزَ", "لُوزُ"]·ben["লুজ", "লুসে", "লূস", "লূসকে", "লূসাকে", "লূসার", "লূসে"]·DE["Lus", "Luz", "Luzah", "in-Lus", "nach-Lus"]·EN["Luz", "Luz-ward", "Luzah", "in-Luz"]·FR["Luz", "Luz-garde", "Luzah", "dans-Luz"]·heb["ב-לוז", "לוז", "לוזה", "לוזה-ה"]·HI["लूज", "लूज़", "लूज़-की", "लूज़-में", "लूज़ा", "लूज़।"]·ID["Lus", "Luz", "di-Luz", "ke-Luz"]·IT["Luz", "Luz-ward", "Luzah", "in-Luz"]·jav["Luz", "wonten-Lus"]·KO["루스가", "루스라고", "루스였다", "루즈로", "루즈의", "에-루즈"]·PT["Luz", "em-Luz"]·RU["Луз", "Луза", "в-Луз", "в-Лузе", "к-Лузу"]·ES["Luz", "a-Luz", "en-Luz"]·SW["Lusa", "Luza", "Luzi", "Luzu"]·TR["Luz", "Luz'a", "Luz'da", "Luza", "Luzun"]·urd["لوز", "لوز-میں", "لوز-کے", "لوزہ-کو"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. לוּז n.pr.loc. 1. former name of Bethel Gn 28:19 (J), 35:6 (E), 48:3 (P), Jos 18:13(×2) (P), Ju 1:23; appar. distinct from B. מִבֵּית־אֵל לוּ֫זָה Jos 16:2 (JE; but ל׳ here perhaps explan. gloss, v. Di); 𝔊 Λουζα, Gn 28:19 [Ουλαμ]μαυς. 2. city in hands of Hittites Ju 1:26 (on conject. as to site v. GFM); 𝔊 Λουζα.