לוּז (luz) means “be devious” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: looz Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
לוּז · luz · be devious
1) to depart, turn aside 1a) (Qal) to depart 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to go wrong, go crooked 1b2) devious, perverse (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to be lost from view 1c2) to become devious
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a primitive root; (compare H3867 (לָוָה), H3874 (לוּט) and H3885 (לוּן)) to turn aside , i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse
KJV glosses: depart, froward, perverse(-ness).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| lose | 2 |
| are devious | 1 |
| but the one who is devious | 1 |
| on deceit | 1 |
| the perverse | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and perverseness | 1 |
| for the froward | 1 |
| froward | 1 |
| let not them depart | 1 |
| let them not depart | 1 |
| perverse | 1 |
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whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
Read word by wordMy son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
Read word by wordfor the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
Read word by wordDo not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
Read word by wordHe who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
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