Hypertext Webster Gateway: "luz"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Luz
a nut-bearing tree, the almond. (1.) The ancient name of a royal
Canaanitish city near the site of Bethel (Gen. 28:19; 35:6), on
the border of Benjamin (Josh. 18:13). Here Jacob halted, and had
a prophetic vision. (See {BETHEL}.)
(2.) A place in the land of the Hittites, founded (Judg. 1:26)
by "a man who came forth out of the city of Luz." It is
identified with Luweiziyeh, 4 miles north-west of Banias.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Luz \Luz\, n.
A bone of the human body which was supposed by certain
Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a
matter of dispute. --Brande & C.
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