פּוּחַ
pûwach · poo'akh
to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
- to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air
- hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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 speak, the word › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect
To speak, the word that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פּוּחַ 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and he that speaketh2 · 13%
- break2 · 13%
- he puffeth1 · 7%
- from him that puffeth1 · 7%
- that speaketh1 · 7%
- he that speaketh1 · 7%
- will utter1 · 7%
- witness speaketh1 · 7%
- bring1 · 7%
- into a snare1 · 7%
- blow1 · 7%
- upon thee, i will blow1 · 7%
- it shall speak1 · 7%
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.