Strong’s H5756 · Hebrew
עוּז
ʻûwz · ooz
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to be strong; causatively, to stregthen, i.e. (figuratively) to save (by flight)
In the King James Version gather (self, self to flee), retire.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Exodus 9:19Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
- Isaiah 10:31Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
- Jeremiah 4:6Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 6:1O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.