Luz means “depart” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3868 — paraiteomai (“beg off”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3868 לוּז (luwz) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. luwz (looz) v. 1. to turn aside, i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse [a primitive root] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include froward, depart, and perverse. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
luwz (looz) v. 1. to turn aside, i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse [a primitive root] KJV: depart, froward, perverse(-ness). Compare: H3867, H3874, H3885
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3868. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
be devious
Usage: 1) to depart, turn aside 1a) (Qal) to depart 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to go wrong, go crooked 1b2) devious, perverse (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to be lost from view 1c2) to become devious
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render luwz, 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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6 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3868.
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3868, grouped by book.
Luz (Strong's H3868) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "depart". luwz (looz) v. 1. to turn aside, i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's H3868 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3868 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as froward, depart, and perverse. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.