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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קוּץH6974
Pronunciationqûṣ
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 Itwake up4×1 Samuel 26:12, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57, Joel 1:5
Awake2×Isaiah 26:19, Habakkuk 2:19
then awakens2×Isaiah 29:8
and rise1×Psalms 35:23
and when I awake1×Psalms 139:18
Arise1×Psalms 44:23
awakened1×2 Kings 4:31
be awakened1×Job 14:12
can I wake up1×Proverbs 23:35
I awoke1×Jeremiah 31:26
I wake again1×Psalms 3:5
It has roused itself1×Ezekiel 7:6
Like [one] waking1×Psalms 73:20
rouse Yourself1×Psalms 59:5
when I awake1×Psalms 17:15
when you awake1×Proverbs 6:22
will awake1×Daniel 12:2
Show sample aligned rows
1 Samuel 26:12מֵקִ֗יץtowake upVerb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular2 Kings 4:31הֵקִ֖יץtoawakenedVerb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularJob 14:12יָקִ֑יצוּtobe awakenedVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralPsalms 3:5הֱקִיצ֑וֹתִיtoI wake againVerb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singularPsalms 17:15בְ֝הָקִ֗יץtowhen I awakePreposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructPsalms 35:23וְ֭הָקִיצָהtoand riseConjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularPsalms 44:23הָ֝קִ֗יצָהtoAriseVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularPsalms 59:5הָקִ֗יצָהtorouse YourselfVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularPsalms 73:20מֵהָקִ֑יץtoLike [one] wakingPreposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructPsalms 139:18הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִיtoand when I awakeVerb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row1 Samuel 26:12
Aligned rows22
Books represented11
1 Samuel12 Kings1Job1Psalms7Proverbs2Isaiah3Jeremiah3Ezekiel1Daniel1Joel1Habakkuk1
Source forms
יָקִ֑יצוּ4xyā·qî·ṣūJob 14:12, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57, Daniel 12:2
אָקִ֑יץ1x’ā·qîṣProverbs 23:35
בְ֝הָקִ֗יץ1xḇə·hā·qîṣPsalms 17:15
הֵקִ֖יץ1xhê·qîṣ2 Kings 4:31
הֵקִ֣יץ1xhê·qîṣEzekiel 7:6
הָ֝קִ֗יצָה1xhā·qî·ṣāhPsalms 44:23
הָקִ֗יצָה1xhā·qî·ṣāhPsalms 59:5
הָקִ֔יצָה1xhā·qî·ṣāhHabakkuk 2:19
Parsing patterns
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural4xJob 14:12, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57, Daniel 12:2
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular3xPsalms 44:23, Psalms 59:5, Habakkuk 2:19
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular3xPsalms 3:5, Psalms 139:18, Jeremiah 31:26
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular2xIsaiah 29:8
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural2xIsaiah 26:19, Joel 1:5
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular2x2 Kings 4:31, Ezekiel 7:6
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular1xProverbs 6:22
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular1xPsalms 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 definitionSource: 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 groups1Aligned forms13
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action13×
ImperfectDan 12:2 · Jer 51:39 · Jer 51:57 · Job 14:12 · Prov 23:355×
PerfectJer 31:26 · Ps 3:6 · Ps 139:18 · 2Kgs 4:31 · Ezek 7:65×
Sequential imperfectIsa 26:19 · Joel 1:52×
Participle active1Sam 26:121×
Word Origins
קוּץ is built from this root:
יָקַץH3364