King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6972
Transliteration: quts
Phonetic Spelling: (koots)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: summer
Meaning: to spend the harvest season
Word Summary
quts: summer
Original Word: קוּץTransliteration: quts
Phonetic Spelling: (koots)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: summer
Meaning: to spend the harvest season
Strong's Concordance
summer A primitive root; to clip off; used only as denominative from qayits; to spend the harvest season -- summer.
see HEBREW qayits
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6972. quts
קַ֫יִץ noun masculineJeremiah 8:20 summer, summer-fruit (compare Greek Θέρος in both meanings); — absolute ׳ק Genesis 8:22 +; קָ֑יִץ Amos 3:15 +; suffix קֵיצֵךְ Isaiah 16:9; Jeremiah 48:32; —
1 summer-season, opposed to חֹרֶף Genesis 8:22 (J), Amos 3:15; Zechariah 14:8; Psalm 74:17; "" קָצִיר Jeremiah 8:20; Proverbs 6:8; 10:5; 26:1, also (without קָצִיר) 30:25; as fruit harvest Isaiah 28:4; time of drought Psalm 32:4 (figurative).
2 summer-fruit 2 Samuel 16:1-2, Amos 8:1-2, Jeremiah 40:10, 12 also, "" בָּצִיר, 48:32; Micah 7:1 (in simile), but "" קציר Isaiah 16:9 (assimilated to ק of קַיִץ; read probably בציר).
קִיצוֺן see קצץ