אוּץ ʼûwts

Meaning

to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw

In the King James Version: (make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Genesis 19:15 At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
• Exodus 5:13 The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
• Joshua 10:13 So 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.”
• Joshua 17:15 Joshua 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.”
• Proverbs 19:2 Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
• Proverbs 21:5 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
• Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
• Proverbs 29:20 Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
• Isaiah 22:4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
• Jeremiah 17:16 But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.