Uts means “labor” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G213 — alazon (“boaster”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H213 אוּץ (uwts) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. uwts (oots) v. 1. to press 2. (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw It has 10 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include narrow and haste. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
uwts (oots) v. 1. to press 2. (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw [a primitive root] KJV: (make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H213. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to hasten
Usage: 1) to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to press, hasten 1a2) to be pressed, confined, narrow 1a3) to hasten, make haste 1a4) be narrow 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to urge, insist 1b2) to hasten
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render uwts, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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10 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H213.
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H213, grouped by book.
Uts (Strong's H213) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "labor". uwts (oots) v. 1. to press 2. (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H213 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H213 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as narrow and haste. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.