- Original: לוּז - Transliteration: Luwz - Phonetic: looz - Definition: 1. almond tree, almond wood - Origin: probably of foreign origin - TWOT entry: 1090b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Probably of foreign origin; some kind of nut tree perhaps the almond: - hazel. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • hazel, 1 Genesis 30:37