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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Luz


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The name Luz occurs twice in the Bible. The original Luz is a town in Canaan, a bit north of Jerusalem. When Jacob arrives there on his way to Haran, he has his famous ladder dream and renames the place Bethel. Then, in Judges 1:26, the men from the tribe of Joseph sack Bethel but let a collaborator go free. That man founds another town and calls this Luz, after the original name of the town he escaped from.

The name Luz comes from the verb luz (luz 1090) meaning turn aside, depart. The derivative luz (luz 1090b) means almond wood.

The name Luz may mean Turner but more likely Almond Tree.



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