Lexical Definition

‎לוּז‎ Lûwz (looz) Luz ^N:N--L
probably from ‎לוּז‎ (as growing there)

Luz.

• § Luz = "almond tree"
• Luz, the name of two places in Palestine

1) the early name of Bethel and probably the name of the town in close proximity to the actual location of the altar and pillar of Jacob
2) the name of a town in the land of the Hittites; site unknown

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎לוּז‎

proper name, of a location 1. former name of Bethel Gen 28:19 (J), Gen 35:6 (E), Gen 48:3 (P), Josh 18:13 (twice in verse) (P), Judg 1:23 apparently distinct from Biblical ‎מִבֵּיתאֵֿל לוּ֫זָה‎ Josh 16:2 (J E; but ‎׳‎‎ל‎ here perhaps explanatory gloss, see Di); ᵐ5 Λουζα, Gen 28:19 [Ουλαμ]μαυς

2. city in hands of Hittites Judg 1:26 (on conjectures as to site see GFM); ᵐ5 Λουζα.

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