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קוּץ H6974
H6974 is the Hebrew word קוּץ, transliterated qûwts and said koots. The King James Version most often renders it awake.
What it means
to awake (literally or figuratively).
Where it comes from
a primitive root (identical with through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare H3364 (יָקַץ))).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.
Verses using קוּץ
All 21 verses, quoted in full.
1 Samuel 26:12 · KJV
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
2 Kings 4:31 · KJV
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
Job 14:12 · KJV
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Psalm 3:5 · KJV
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Psalm 17:15 · KJV
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Psalm 35:23 · KJV
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalm 44:23 · KJV
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Psalm 59:5 · KJV
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Psalm 73:20 · KJV
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Psalm 139:18 · KJV
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Proverbs 6:22 · KJV
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Proverbs 23:35 · KJV
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Isaiah 26:19 · KJV
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Isaiah 29:8 · KJV
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Jeremiah 31:26 · KJV
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Jeremiah 51:39 · KJV
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:57 · KJV
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Ezekiel 7:6 · KJV
An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
Daniel 12:2 · KJV
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Joel 1:5 · KJV
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Habakkuk 2:19 · KJV
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6974 mean?
H6974 is the Hebrew word קוּץ (qûwts), meaning to awake (literally or figuratively).
How is H6974 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it awake (9 times), awaked (3 times), awaketh (2 times), wake (2 times), neither awaked (1 time), among others.
How many times does H6974 appear in the Bible?
קוּץ (qûwts) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6974 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare H3364 (יָקַץ))).
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