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Luz

לוּז · luz · H3870G“separation; departure; an almond” Hitchcock's 18691 mention, all in Judges

Where it is

37.00° N, 36.57° E · ~

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Mentioned most in

Counted from 1 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Luz is mentioned in Judges 1:26 as a Canaanite city that was destroyed by the Israelites. However, the man who had betrayed the city to the Israelites escaped and went to the land of the Hittites, where he built another city and named it Luz. No further details about the location are provided in the Bible.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Judges 1 mention

What the dictionary says

A nut-bearing tree, the almond.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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