What does קוּץ (qûṣ) mean in the Bible?
קוּץ (qûṣ): Awakening from sleep to vigilant awareness; used of God rousing to action in judgment or salvation
Hebrew · H6974
קוּץ
To awake (literally or figuratively)
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קוּץ H6974
Pronunciation qûṣ
What does קוּץ (qûṣ) mean in the Bible?
קוּץ (qûṣ): Awakening from sleep to vigilant awareness; used of God rousing to action in judgment or salvation
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6974?
The BSB source-word alignment has 22 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include wake up (4), Awake (2), then awakens (2), and rise (1), and when I awake (1).
Where does קוּץ (qûṣ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Samuel 26:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (7), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (3), Proverbs (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It wake up 4× 1 Samuel 26:12, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57, Joel 1:5
Awake 2× Isaiah 26:19, Habakkuk 2:19
then awakens 2× Isaiah 29:8
and rise 1× Psalms 35:23
and when I awake 1× Psalms 139:18
Arise 1× Psalms 44:23
awakened 1× 2 Kings 4:31
be awakened 1× Job 14:12
can I wake up 1× Proverbs 23:35
I awoke 1× Jeremiah 31:26
I wake again 1× Psalms 3:5
It has roused itself 1× Ezekiel 7:6
Like [one] waking 1× Psalms 73:20
rouse Yourself 1× Psalms 59:5
when I awake 1× Psalms 17:15
when you awake 1× Proverbs 6:22
will awake 1× Daniel 12:2
Show sample aligned rows
1 Samuel 26:12 מֵקִ֗יץ to wake up Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular 2 Kings 4:31 הֵקִ֖יץ to awakened Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Job 14:12 יָקִ֑יצוּ to be awakened Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Psalms 3:5 הֱקִיצ֑וֹתִי to I wake again Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Psalms 17:15 בְ֝הָקִ֗יץ to when I awake Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Psalms 35:23 וְ֭הָקִיצָה to and rise Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Psalms 44:23 הָ֝קִ֗יצָה to Arise Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Psalms 59:5 הָקִ֗יצָה to rouse Yourself Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Psalms 73:20 מֵהָקִ֑יץ to Like [one] waking Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Psalms 139:18 הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִי to and when I awake Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Samuel 26:12
Aligned rows 22
Books represented 11
1 Samuel 1 2 Kings 1 Job 1 Psalms 7 Proverbs 2 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 3 Ezekiel 1 Daniel 1 Joel 1 Habakkuk 1
Source forms
יָקִ֑יצוּ 4x yā·qî·ṣū Job 14:12, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57, Daniel 12:2
אָקִ֑יץ 1x ’ā·qîṣ Proverbs 23:35
בְ֝הָקִ֗יץ 1x ḇə·hā·qîṣ Psalms 17:15
הֵקִ֖יץ 1x hê·qîṣ 2 Kings 4:31
הֵקִ֣יץ 1x hê·qîṣ Ezekiel 7:6
הָ֝קִ֗יצָה 1x hā·qî·ṣāh Psalms 44:23
הָקִ֗יצָה 1x hā·qî·ṣāh Psalms 59:5
הָקִ֔יצָה 1x hā·qî·ṣāh Habakkuk 2:19
Parsing patterns
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural 4x Job 14:12, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57, Daniel 12:2
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular 3x Psalms 44:23, Psalms 59:5, Habakkuk 2:19
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular 3x Psalms 3:5, Psalms 139:18, Jeremiah 31:26
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 2x Isaiah 29:8
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural 2x Isaiah 26:19, Joel 1:5
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular 2x 2 Kings 4:31, Ezekiel 7:6
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular 1x Proverbs 6:22
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular 1x Psalms 35:23
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Awakening from sleep to vigilant awareness; used of God rousing to action in judgment or salvation
Source Gloss
to awake (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Awakening from sleep to vigilant awareness; used of God rousing to action in judgment or salvation
to awake (literally or figuratively) BDB: awake Usage: arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 13
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 13×
Imperfect Dan 12:2 · Jer 51:39 · Jer 51:57 · Job 14:12 · Prov 23:35 5×
Perfect Jer 31:26 · Ps 3:6 · Ps 139:18 · 2Kgs 4:31 · Ezek 7:6 5×
Sequential imperfect Isa 26:19 · Joel 1:5 2×
Participle active 1Sam 26:12 1×
Word Origins
קוּץ is built from this root:
יָקַץ H3364
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain