Strong's H6974 · Hebrew
קוּץ
qûwts · /koots/
Definition
to awake (literally or figuratively)
KJV: arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.
Root / derivation: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare H3364 (יָקַץ)));
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered קוּץ across 21 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
21 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Psalms7 verses
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Psalms 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Psalms 35:23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Psalms 59:5Thou 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 73:20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Psalms 139:18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Proverbs2 verses
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Proverbs 23:35They 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. I felt: Heb. I knew it not
Isaiah2 verses
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 29:8It 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.
Jeremiah3 verses
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Jeremiah 51:39In 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 51:57And 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.
Ezekiel1 verse
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H6974 (qûwts) mean?
to awake (literally or figuratively)
How many times does H6974 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H6974 (קוּץ) appears in 21 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “awake.”
How is qûwts translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H6974 is rendered as “awake” (10×), “awaked” (4×), “awaketh” (3×), “wake” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word קוּץ come from?
a primitive root (identical with through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare H3364 (יָקַץ)));