פּוּךְ
pûwk · pook
dye (specifically, stibium for the eyes)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to paint;
dye (specifically, stibium for the eyes)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fair colours, glistering, paint(-ed) (-ing).
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)
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to fasten and establish › the open hand that covers
To speak, the word that works to fasten and establish of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פּוּךְ 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of it; and she painted1 · 25%
- glistering1 · 25%
- with fair colours1 · 25%
- with painting1 · 25%
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.