פּוּץ
puts
“to scatter”
Definition
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
a primitive root;
- 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
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
פּוּץ appears 62 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So Micaiah declared:“I saw all Israel scattered on the hillslike sheep without a shepherd.And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master;let each one return home in peace.’”
So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
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He stood and measured the earth;He looked and startled the nations;the ancient mountains crumbled;the perpetual hills collapsed.His ways are everlasting.
Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”
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