King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H213
Transliteration: uts
Phonetic Spelling: (oots)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to press, be pressed, make haste
Meaning: to press, to be close, hurry, withdraw
Word Summary
uts: to press, be pressed, make haste
Original Word: אוּץTransliteration: uts
Phonetic Spelling: (oots)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to press, be pressed, make haste
Meaning: to press, to be close, hurry, withdraw
Strong's Concordance
make hasten labor, be narrow A primitive root; to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw -- (make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H213. uts
[אוּץ] verb press, be pressed, make haste —
Qal Perfect אָץ Joshua 10:13; 17:15; אַ֫צְתִּי Jeremiah 17:16 Participle אָץ Proverbs 19:2-3t. Proverbs; אָצִים Exodus 5:13; —
1 press, hasten (transitive but object not expressed) Exodus 5:13 (E).
2 (intransitive) be pressed, confined, narrow Joshua 17:15 הַראֶֿפְרַיִם לְךָ אָץ כִי.
3 hasten, make haste, followed by ל + Infinitive Joshua 10:13 לָבוֺא אָץ לֹא (J, of sun); Proverbs 28:20 ׳א לְהַעֲשִׂיר; followed by מִן Jeremiah 17:16 א ׳לֹא מֵרֹעֶה; followed by ב (of particular in which one hastens) Proverbs 19:2 (בְּרגְלַיִם); 29:20 (בִּדְבָרִים); compare also 21:5 לְמַחְסוֺר אַח וְכָלאָֿץ.
Hiph`il Imperfect וַיָּאִיצוּ Genesis 19:15; תָּאִיצוּ Isaiah 22:4 — hasten (transitive) followed by ב Genesis 19:15 (J); followed by ל + Infinitive לְנַחֲמֵנִי ׳אַלתָּֿא Isaiah 22:4. (May be Qal Imperfect, & verbי׳ע.)