Luz
Where it is
37.00° N, 36.57° E · ~
Coordinates and map: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · drawn without map tiles
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)
Read the article →Sources
- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · www.openbible.info/geo/
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain