Lexicon :: Strong's H6327 - pûṣ

פּוּץ

Transliteration

pûṣ

Pronunciation

poots

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1745,1746,180

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

פּוּץ pûwts, poots; a primitive root; to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse):—break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's H6327 in the following manner: scatter (48x), scatter abroad (6x), disperse (3x), spread abroad (2x), cast abroad (2x), drive (1x), break to pieces (1x), shake to pieces (1x), dash to pieces (1x), retired (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered
1. (Qal) to be dispersed, be scattered
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be scattered
  2. to be spread abroad
3. (Hiphil) to scatter
4. Hithpael) scatter
(Qal) to flow, overflow
to break
1. (Polel) to shatter
2. (Pilpel) to dash to pieces

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H6327: Abbreviations

† I. [פּוּץ] verb be dispersed, scattered (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps akin to Arabic break asunder, scatter); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יָפוּצוּ Psalm 68:2, יָפֻצוּ Ezekiel 48:16 +; 3rd person feminine plural וַתְּפוּצֶינָה Ezekiel 34:5 +, וּתְפוּצֶינָה Zechariah 13:7, etc.; Imperative masculine plural פֻּצוּ 1 Samuel 14:34; Participle passive plural suffix פּוּצַי Zephaniah 3:10 (see below); — be dispersed, disperse, בָּעָם 1 Samuel 14:34; be scattered, of enemies 1 Samuel 11:11; Numbers 10:35; Psalm 68:2; of Israel (among nations) under figure of flock Ezekiel 34:5 (twice in verse); Zechariah 13:7; בַּת־פּוּצַי Zephaniah 3:10 is probably corrupt, and Zephaniah 3:9; Zephaniah 3:10 gloss see Schw^{ZAW x (1890), 203} Now Da; of besieging army 2 Samuel 20:22 (מֵעַל הָעִיר); people from (מִן) possessions Ezekiel 46:18; men (from Babel) Genesis 11:4 (עַל location).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נָפ֫וֺצָה Jeremiah 10:21, 3rd person plural נָפֹ֫צוּ Genesis 10:18 +, 2nd person masculine plural נְפֹצֹתֶם Ezekiel 11:17 +, etc.; Participle feminine נָפ֫וֺצֶת 2 Samuel 18:8 Qr (> Kt נפצות) compare Dr and others; plural נְפֹצִים 1 Kings 22:17, נְפוֺצִים 2 Chronicles 18:16; —

1. be scattered, of army 2 Kings 25:5 (מֵעַל person) = Jeremiah 52:8; 1 Kings 22:17 (אֶל location) = 2 Chronicles 18:16 (עַל), compare Jeremiah 40:15 (absolute); of dispersed Israel with ב location Ezekiel 11:17; Ezekiel 20:34, 41; Ezekiel 28:25, as flock Jeremiah 10:21; Ezekiel 34:6 (עַל location), Ezekiel 34:12 (שָׁם); Egyptians Ezekiel 29:13 (שָׁמָּה); of battle scattered over country by defeat 2 Samuel 18:8.

2. be spread abroad, of peoples Genesis 10:18.

Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְהֵפִיץ Deuteronomy 4:27 +, 1st person singular consecutive וַהֲפִיצוֺתִי Ezekiel 22:15, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָפִיץ Job 37:11, וַיָּ֫פֶץ Genesis 11:8 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הָפֵץ Job 40:11; Infinitive construct לְהָפִיץ Ezekiel 20:23, etc.; —

1. transitive scatter:

a. with accusative of person Genesis 11:8, 9 (עַל location), Isaiah 41:16; Habakkuk 3:14; with ב Genesis 49:7; Israel among (ב) nations Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64; Jeremiah 9:15; Ezekiel 11:16; Ezekiel 12:15; Ezekiel 20:23; Ezekiel 22:15; Ezekiel 36:19; Nehemiah 1:8; with שׁמ(הׅ Deuteronomy 30:3; Jeremiah 30:11; with אֶל location Ezekiel 34:21; absolute Jeremiah 13:24; Jeremiah 18:17, under figure of flock Jeremiah 23:1, 2; Gr. reads אֲפִיצֵם also Deuteronomy 32:26 (see [פאה]); Egyptians (with ב) Ezekiel 29:12; Ezekiel 30:23, 26; inhabitants of earth Isaiah 24:1.

b. with accusative of thing, arrows (figurative for lightnings) 2 Samuel 22:15 = Psalm 18:15; Psalm 144:6; cloud Job 37:11; אפֶּ֑ךָ עַבְרוֺת הָפֵץ Job 40:11 (i.e. lightnings ?); seed Isaiah 28:25.

c. וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ Job 18:11 and drive him (si vera lectio, see conjecture in Bu).

2. intransitive, scatter, with ב location Exodus 5:12, with מֵעַל person 1 Samuel 13:8; of wind Job 38:24 (עַל location).

† II. פּוּץ verb flow, overflow (Arabic flow, compare Ba^{ES 69}); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יָפוּצוּ Proverbs 5:16 of springs, figurative for sources of pleasure; 3rd person feminine plural תְּפוּצֶנָה עָרַי מִטוֺב Zechariah 1:17 my cities shall overflow with good.

† [פָּצַץ] verb break (Arabic break, break asunder; Nabataean פצץ break asunder; Syriac crush); —
Pō`. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְפֹצֵץ סָ֑לַע Jeremiah 23:29 a hammer which shatters rock.
Hithpō'. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּתְמִּצְצוּ Habakkuk 3:6 and the eternal mountains were shattered (elsewhere √ מּוּץ were scattered).
Pilp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וַיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי Job 16:12 he [God] dashed me in pieces (figurative).

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