פֹּה
pôh · po
this place (French ici), i.e. here or hence
Lexicon
Derivation: or פֹּא; (Job 38:11), or פּוֹ; probably from a primitive inseparable particle 'p' (of demonstrative force) and H1931 (הוּא);
this place (French ici), i.e. here or hence
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: here, hither, the one (other, this, that) side.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֹּה 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
82 occurrences · 82 OT · 0 NT · 41 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hast thou here1 · 13%
- hither1 · 13%
- hitherto1 · 13%
- here1 · 13%
- on this side1 · 13%
- on that side1 · 13%
- on the one side1 · 13%
- on the other side1 · 13%
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.