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Strong's H6974 קוּץ (quts)

Quts means “arise” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6974
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 22
Books 11

Strong's H6974 Quick Answer

Strong's H6974 קוּץ (quwts) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. quwts (koots) v. 1. to awake (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root (identical with H6972 through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep)] It has 22 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include awake, sleep, sleepest, and watcheth. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
quwts (koots) v. 1. to awake (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root (identical with H6972 through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep)]
Usage
22 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
awake, sleep, sleepest, and watcheth

Meaning and Definition

quwts (koots) v. 1. to awake (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root (identical with H6972 through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep)] KJV: arise, (be) (a-)wake, watch. Root(s): H6972 Compare: H3364

Original Word
קוּץ
Transliteration
quwts
Derivation
Root: קוץ First root strongs: 6972
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6974. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H6974 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render quwts, 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.

awake Job 14:12 12× sleep 1 Samuel 26:12 sleepest Proverbs 6:22 watcheth Ezekiel 7:6

How Strong's H6974 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6974 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H6974 in the Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Old Testament.

1 Samuel 26:12 KJV

So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.

2 Kings 4:31 KJV

And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

Job 14:12 KJV

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Usage Excerpts

First 22 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6974.

1 Samuel 26:12 Old Testament, KJV
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
2 Kings 4:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
Job 14:12 Old Testament, KJV
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Psalms 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Psalms 17:15 Old Testament, KJV
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Psalms 35:23 Old Testament, KJV
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 44:23 Old Testament, KJV
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Psalms 59:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Psalms 73:20 Old Testament, KJV
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Psalms 139:18 Old Testament, KJV
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Proverbs 6:22 Old Testament, KJV
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Proverbs 23:35 Old Testament, KJV
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Isaiah 26:19 Old Testament, KJV
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Isaiah 29:8 Old Testament, KJV
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Jeremiah 31:26 Old Testament, KJV
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Jeremiah 51:39 Old Testament, KJV
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:57 Old Testament, KJV
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Ezekiel 7:6 Old Testament, KJV
An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
Daniel 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Joel 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Habakkuk 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Habakkuk 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6974, grouped by book.

1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H6974 FAQ

What does quts (קוּץ) mean?

Quts (Strong's H6974) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "arise". quwts (koots) v. 1. to awake (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root (identical with H6972 through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep)]

How many times is quts (קוּץ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 22 linked usages for Strong's H6974 across 11 books.

Where can I study quts (קוּץ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6974 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate quts (קוּץ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as awake, sleep, sleepest, and watcheth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.