Strong's #3870: Luwz (pronounced looz)

probably from 3869 (as growing there); Luz, the name of two places in Palestine:--Luz.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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lûz

Luz = "almond tree"

1) the early name of Bethel and probably the name of the town in close proximity to the actual location of the altar and pillar of Jacob

2) the name of a town in the land of the Hittites; site unknown

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: probably from H3869 (as growing there)

Usage:

This word is used 8 times:

 

Genesis 28:19: "but the name of that city was called Luz at the first."
Genesis 35:6: "So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel,"
Genesis 48:3: "Almighty appeared unto me at Luz of Canaan, and blessed"
Joshua 16:2: "And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi"
Joshua 18:13: "And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz,"
Joshua 18:13: "from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel,"
Judges 1:23: "(Now the name of the city before was Luz.)"
Judges 1:26: "a city, and called the name thereof Luz: is the name thereof unto this"