לוּז Lûwz

Meaning

Luz, the name of two places in Palestine

In the King James Version: Luz.

Derivation: probably from H3869 (לוּז) (as growing there);

Where it is used

• Genesis 28:19 and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
• Genesis 35:6 So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
• Genesis 48:3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
• Joshua 16:2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
• Joshua 18:13 From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
• Judges 1:23 They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
• Judges 1:26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.