Lexical Definition

‎קוּץ‎ qûwts (koots) to loathe ^H:V
a primitive root (identical with through the idea of severing oneself from (compare ‎קוּט‎))

abhor, be distressed, be grieved, loathe, vex, be weary.

• to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious

1) to be grieved, loathe, abhor, feel a loathing or abhorrence or sickening dread
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to feel a loathing at, abhor
1a2) to feel a sickening dread
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause sickening dread
1b2) to cause loathing

See Greek: βδελύσσω · ἐκλύω · προσοχθίζω · συνάγω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎קוּץ‎] verb feel a loathing, abhorrence, sickening dread (|| √of ‎קוט‎; ᵑ7 ‎קוּץ‎ id.; for connection of meanings compare Aramaic ‎קְנַט‎ loathe, fear); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎קָ֫צָה‎ Num 21:5 1 singular ‎קַ֫צְתִּי‎ Gen 27:46 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיָּ֫קָץ‎ Num 22:3; 1Kgs 11:25 (but see below); 2 masculine singular jussive ‎תָּקֹץ‎ Prov 3:11 1 singular ‎וָאָקֻץ‎ Lev 20:23 3 masculine plural ‎וַיָּקֻצוּ‎ Exod 1:12 Participle ‎קָץ‎ Isa 7:16 —

1. feel a loathing at, abhor, with ‎ב‎ of thing Num 21:5 (JE), Gen 27:46 (P), Prov 3:11 (|| ‎מָאַס‎); with ‎ב‎ person Lev 20:23 (H; subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); so 1Kgs 11:25, but Kit (after ᵑ6, compare ᵐ5) proposes ‎וַ֫יָּצֶק‎ (√ ‎צוק‎ Hiph`il distress).

2. feel a sickening dread, with ‎מִפְּנֵי‎ person Exod 1:12 (J), Num 22:3 (E), Isa 7:16. Hiph`il Imperfect 1 plural suffix ‎נְקִיצֶנָּה‎ Isa 7:6 (suffix of Judah) let us cause her sickening dread, but weak, read ‎נְצִיקֶנָּה‎ (√ ‎צוק‎) Thes Che Du Gr Marti. — Other Hiph`il forms see ‎קיץ‎.

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