H213 אוּץ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 10 KJV occurrences
אוּץ
ʼûwts · oots
Definition
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
KJV Renderings
(make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 10)
- Genesis 19:15¶ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
- Exodus 5:13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
- Joshua 10:13And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
- Joshua 17:15And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
- Proverbs 21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
- Proverbs 28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
- Proverbs 29:20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
- Isaiah 22:4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.