H6320 - פּוּךְ (pûwk)

H6320 פּוּךְ (pûwk) pook

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

color

Strong's Definition

dye (specifically, stibium for the eyes)

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to paint;

KJV Usage: fair colours, glistering, paint(-ed) (-ing).

TWOT Reference: 1742

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) antimony, stibium, black paint

1a) eye cosmetic

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4185

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) antimony, stibium, black paint 1a) eye cosmetic

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פּוּךְ pûk BDB Definition: 1) antimony, stibium, black paint 1a) eye cosmetic Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to paint Same Word by TWOT Number: 1742 Total KJV Occurrences: 5

Bible Occurrences (4)

9:30

29:2

54:11

4:30

2 Kings 9:30

Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]. So she painted... her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

1 Chronicles 29:2

Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God — gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx... for the settings, turquoise..., stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble — all in abundance.

Isaiah 54:11

O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Jeremiah 4:30

And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.