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Strong's #6315: puwach (pronounced poo'akh)

a primitive root; to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff:--blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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pûach

1) to breathe, blow

1a) (Qal) to breathe

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to cause to exhale or breathe

1b2) to puff, snort

1b3) to excite, inflame

1b4) to puff, pant for it

1b5) to breathe out, utter

1b6) to blow, blast

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root



Usage:

This word is used 14 times:

Psalms 10:5: "are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth"
Psalms 12:5: "will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth"
Proverbs 6:19: "A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."
Proverbs 12:17: " He that speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit."
Proverbs 14:5: "lie: but a false witness will utter lies."
Proverbs 14:25: "delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies."
Proverbs 19:5: "witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape."
Proverbs 19:9: "witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish."
Proverbs 29:8: "Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath."
Song of Solomon 2:17: "Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved,"
Song of Solomon 4:6: "Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to"
Song of Solomon 4:16: "O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved"
Ezekiel 21:31: "And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver"
Habakkuk 2:3: "is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry,"









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