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Lexicon :: Strong's H6327 - pûṣ

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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 1 / 2 (Gen 10:18–Eze 28:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:18 - the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused[fn] the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:35 - And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, “Arise, O LORD, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:64

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:64 - “And the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:3 - then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - And the next day Saul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:8 - He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Let every man bring his ox or his sheep and slaughter them here and eat, and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.’” So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night and they slaughtered them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:8 - The battle spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15 - And he sent out arrows and scattered them;
lightning, and routed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:17 - And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:16 - And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:8 - Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12 - I was at ease, and he broke me apart;
he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his target;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:11 - Terrors frighten him on every side,
and chase him at his heels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
the clouds scatter his lightning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 - What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11 - Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:14 - And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.
God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;
and those who hate him shall flee before him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:6 - Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
send out your arrows and rout them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:16 - Should your springs be scattered abroad,
streams of water in the streets?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:1 - Behold, the LORD will empty the earth[fn] and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:25 - When he has leveled its surface,
does he not scatter dill, sow cumin,
and put in wheat in rows
and barley in its proper place,
and emmer[fn] as the border?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:16 - you shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away,
and the tempest shall scatter them.
And you shall rejoice in the LORD;
in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:16 - I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - For the shepherds are stupid
and do not inquire of the LORD;
therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flock is scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:24 - I will scatter you[fn] like chaff
driven by the wind from the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:17 - Like the east wind I will scatter them
before the enemy.
I will show them my back, not my face,
in the day of their calamity.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1 - “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:29 - Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - For I am with you to save you,
declares the LORD;
I will make a full end of all the nations
among whom I scattered you,
but of you I will not make a full end.
I will discipline you in just measure,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, “Please let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Judeans who are gathered about you would be scattered, and the remnant of Judah would perish?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:16 - Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while[fn] in the countries where they have gone.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:17 - Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:15 - And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23 - Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:34 - I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41 - As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:15 - I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:25 - “Thus says the Lord GOD: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

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