טוּחַ
ṭûwach · too'-akh
to smear, especially with lime
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to smear, especially with lime
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: daub, overlay, plaister, smut.
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect
To surround and contain that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טוּחַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and shall plaister1 · 8%
- it is plaistered1 · 8%
- was plaistered1 · 8%
- to overlay1 · 8%
- for he hath shut1 · 8%
- others daubed1 · 8%
- unto them which daub1 · 8%
- wherewith ye have daubed1 · 8%
- that ye have daubed1 · 8%
- and upon them that have daubed1 · 8%
- is no more, neither they that daubed1 · 8%
- have daubed1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.