The meaning of “פּוּץ”
Understanding pûwts reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad. - ...
פּוּץ
break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad. - to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse) 1) to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered 1a) (Qal) to be dispersed, be scattered 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be scattered 1b2) to be spread abroad 1c) (Hiphil) to scatter 1d) Hithpael) scatter 2) (Qal) to flow, overflow 3) to break 3a) (Polel) to shatter 3b) (Pilpel) to dash to pieces
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 11:8 | “So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.” Word: פּוּץ (pûwts) | |
| Deuteronomy 28:64 | “And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.” Word: פּוּץ (pûwts) | |
| 2 Kings 25:5 | “And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.” Word: פּוּץ (pûwts) | |
| Job 37:11 | “Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:” Word: פּוּץ (pûwts) | |
| Isaiah 28:25 | “When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?” Word: פּוּץ (pûwts) |
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