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Luz
A nut-bearing tree, the almond. (1.) The ancient name of a royal Canaanitish city near the site of Bethel (Gen 28:19; Gen 35:6), on the border of Benjamin (Josh 18:13). Here Jacob halted, and had a prophetic vision. (See Bethel.)
(2.) A place in the land of the Hittites, founded (Judg 1:26) by “a man who came forth out of the city of Luz.” It is identified with Luweiziyeh, 4 miles north-west of Banias.
Named in the Bible
7 verses
- Genesis 28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
- Genesis 35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
- Genesis 48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
- Joshua 16:2 And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
- Joshua 18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
- Judges 1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
- Judges 1:26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
