פּוּץ
pûwts · poots
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
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)
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
To speak, the word that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פּוּץ 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
67 occurrences · 67 OT · 0 NT · 60 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- were scattered4 · 10%
- and i will scatter4 · 10%
- shall scatter3 · 7%
- and scatter3 · 7%
- scattered2 · 5%
- and scattered2 · 5%
- was scattered2 · 5%
- be scattered2 · 5%
- i will scatter2 · 5%
- shall be scattered2 · 5%
- and from thence did1 · 2%
- he scattereth1 · 2%
- scattered them abroad1 · 2%
- scatter them abroad1 · 2%
- lest we be scattered abroad1 · 2%
- and shaken me to pieces1 · 2%
- i will scatter you abroad1 · 2%
- and they retired1 · 2%
- was there scattered1 · 2%
- disperse1 · 2%
- hath scattered1 · 2%
- and shall drive1 · 2%
- were scattered abroad1 · 2%
- which scattereth1 · 2%
- spread abroad1 · 2%
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.