Uts אוּץ
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| אוּץ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | uts |
| Strong's number | H213 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to hasten |
| Occurrences | 10 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (4) |
Uts (Hebrew אוּץ, Strong's H213) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to hasten”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to press, hasten
1a2) to be pressed, confined, narrow
1a3) to hasten, make haste
1a4) be narrow
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to urge, insist
1b2) to hasten
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to press, hasten
1a2) to be pressed, confined, narrow
1a3) to hasten, make haste
1a4) be narrow
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to urge, insist
1b2) to hasten
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hastened (2), hasted (2), hasty (2), narrow (1), hasteth (1), haste (1), labour (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | haste (2), hurried (1), kept pressing them (1), is too small (1), he who hurries (1), one eager (1), try (1), run away (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Uts, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 19:15And 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.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
- Exodus 5:13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
Joshua
- 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.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 17:15And 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.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
- Proverbs 19:2Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
- Proverbs 21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
- Proverbs 28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 29:20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Isaiah
- 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.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
- Jeremiah 17:16As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).