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H3870H

לוּז

luzN:N--L

Luz

Luz = "almond tree" 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 Another name of bet-el (בֵּֽיתְ־אֵל "Bethel" H1008G)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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.

5 occurrences

Genesis (3), Joshua (2)