Quranic root
جوس
j · w · s
The root centers on penetrating through and moving within something, especially by passing among its parts or interior.
This orientation develops into traversing dwellings while searching what they contain, forceful movement among people or places, and associated usages of treading and causing mischief. The Quranic construction also received an interpretation emphasizing the violent result of such an incursion.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
جَاسَ
jāsa
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
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- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To pass through the midst of dwellings, moving to and fro among them and searching what they contain.
In the Quranic construction فَجَاسُوا خِلَالَ الدِّيَارِ, the verb describes penetrating and moving among the houses rather than merely entering one of them.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 17:5word 12
“and they entered”
To move to and fro among dwellings in a sudden hostile attack, causing mischief.
A Quran-attested interpretation of فَجَاسُوا خِلَالَ الدِّيَارِ that emphasizes the incursion and its destructive action.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 17:5word 12
“and they entered”
To slay people amid their dwellings.
A reported interpretation of the Quranic construction فَجَاسُوا خِلَالَ الدِّيَارِ, foregrounding the violent result of the movement through the houses.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 17:5word 12
“and they entered”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 17:5فَجَاسُوا۟and they entered
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 5 Classical meanings
جَاسَ
To seek after a thing, news, or tidings with the utmost endeavour.
A broader Classical Arabic use of the Form I verb, not restricted to movement among dwellings.
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جِيسَ / جَاسَ
To be trodden; to tread upon or step over people or a place, including entering among them and causing mischief.
The evidence includes both the passive form جِيسَ and active uses such as stepping over people or coming into their midst.
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جَوَّاسٌ
One who treads upon everything or enters among people and causes mischief.
An agent noun describing a person characterized by pervasive treading or disruptive intrusion.
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جَوَّاسٌ
A lion; by extension, the term may also be applied to a man.
A conventional Classical application of the agent-noun epithet.
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جَاسَ
To go around among houses at night, looking for anyone who remains or doing mischief.
A reported night-time construction, associated with the verbal noun جَوَسَانٌ; the night specification belongs to this Classical usage and is not imposed on the Quranic occurrence generally.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The single Quranic occurrence is associated with closely related interpretations: movement through and among the dwellings, a hostile raid, and the resulting killing. The contextual rendering “and they entered” reflects the movement-focused interpretation.],
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