H6335 פּוּשׁ (pûwsh) poosh

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

to spread; figuratively, act proudly

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: grow up, be grown fat, spread selves, be scattered.

TWOT Reference: 1751,1752

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to spring about

1a) (Qal) to frisk, act proudly (fig.)

2) (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G522 G4640

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פּוּשׁ (push) — to leap. 1) to spring about 1a) (Qal) to frisk, act proudly (fig.)

פּוּשׁ (push) — to scatter. (Niphal) to be scattered, be spread

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פושׁ (H6335)

verb

Stance | verb qal

to paw, to stamp = action by which animals bring down their foot heavily on the ground or some other object

JER 50:11 · HAB 1:8 · MAL 3:20

verb

Scatter | verb nif

to be scattered, to be dispersed = process by which humans or animals leave their normal location and move away in different directions, usually not of their own volition

NAM 3:18

¹ JER 50:11 MT-K תפושׁי | MT-Q תָפוּשׁוּ

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[פּוּשׁ] vb. appar. spring about base

[פּוּשׁ] vb. Niph. be scattered;—3 pl. Na 3:18 ref

Bible Occurrences (4)

50:11

3:18

1:8

4:2

Jeremiah 50:11

Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,

Nahum 3:18

O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.