- Original: נוּץ - Transliteration: Nuwts - Phonetic: noots - Definition: 1. (Qal) to fly, flee 2. (Hiphil) to bloom, blossom - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1399 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to flash; hence to blossom (from the brilliancy of color); also to fly away (from the quickness of motion): - flee away bud (forth). Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • away, 1 Lamentations 4:15 • budded, 1 Song of Songs 6:11 • forth, 1 Song of Songs 7:12