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Lexicon :: Strong's H6327 - pûṣ

Aa
פּוּץ
Transliteration
pûṣ
Pronunciation
poots
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1745,1746,180

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
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).

  1. 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

  2. (Qal) to flow, overflow

  3. to break

    1. (Polel) to shatter

    2. (Pilpel) to dash to pieces

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
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.
STRONGS H6327: Abbreviations
† I. [פּוּץ] verb be dispersed, scattered (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps akin to Arabic bdb080610 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 SchwZAW 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 bdb080701 flow, compare BaES 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 bdb082213 break, break asunder; Nabataean פצץ break asunder; Syriac bdb082214 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:18; 10:18; 11:4; 11:8; 11:8; 11:9; 49:7

Exodus

5:12

Numbers

10:35

Deuteronomy

4:27; 4:27; 28:64; 30:3; 32:26

1 Samuel

11:11; 13:8; 14:34; 14:34

2 Samuel

18:8; 18:8; 20:22; 22:15

1 Kings

22:17; 22:17

2 Kings

25:5

2 Chronicles

18:16; 18:16

Nehemiah

1:8

Job

16:12; 18:11; 37:11; 37:11; 38:24; 40:11; 40:11

Psalms

18:15; 68:2; 68:2; 144:6

Proverbs

5:16

Isaiah

24:1; 28:25; 41:16

Jeremiah

9:15; 10:21; 10:21; 13:24; 18:17; 23:1; 23:2; 23:29; 30:11; 40:15; 52:8

Ezekiel

11:16; 11:17; 11:17; 12:15; 20:23; 20:23; 20:34; 20:41; 22:15; 22:15; 28:25; 29:12; 29:13; 30:23; 30:26; 34:5; 34:5; 34:6; 34:12; 34:21; 36:19; 46:18; 48:16

Habakkuk

3:6; 3:14

Zephaniah

3:9; 3:10; 3:10; 3:10

Zechariah

1:17; 13:7; 13:7

H6327

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Strong's Number H6327 matches the Hebrew פּוּץ (pûṣ),
which occurs 68 times in 66 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Eze 29:12–Zec 13:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - I will make the land of Egypt desolate among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:13 - “ ‘Yet this is what the Sovereign LORD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:23 - I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26 - I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:5 - So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:6 - My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:12 - As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:21 - Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:19 - I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered through the countries; I judged them according to their conduct and their actions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18 - The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that not one of my people will be separated from their property.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1 - An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6 - He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed— but he marches on forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10 - From beyond the rivers of Cush[fn] my worshipers, my scattered people, will bring me offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17 - “Proclaim further: This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:7 - “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the LORD Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

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