פּוּט
Pûwṭ · poot
Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a Persian tribe
Lexicon
Derivation: of foreign origin;
Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a Persian tribe
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Phut, Put.
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)
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to fasten and establish › to surround and contain
To speak, the word that works to fasten and establish that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פּוּט 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- put2 · 29%
- and libya2 · 29%
- and phut1 · 14%
- and the libyans1 · 14%
- and of phut1 · 14%
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.