פּוּחַ puach

Hebrew word for “to breathe” · Strong’s H6315 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

1) to breathe, blow; 1a) (Qal) to breathe;

How it is translated

Glosses given for puach in context, with how often each is used:

• may breathe out 4
• breathes out 2
• will breathe 2
• one who he pants 1
• who he breathes out 1
• inflame 1
• make breathe 1
• will blow 1
• will pant 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Proverbs 14 (2), Proverbs 19 (2), Song of Solomon 4 (2), Psalms 10 (1), Psalms 12 (1), Proverbs 6 (1), Proverbs 12 (1), Proverbs 29 (1), Song of Solomon 2 (1), Ezekiel 21 (1)

Forms

• יפיח 4
• ויפיח 3
• ויפח 2
• שׁיפוח 2
• יפיחו 1
• הפיחי 1
• אפיח 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with puach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֵד ed “witness” 6
• כָּזָב kazav “lie” 5
• שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 5
• צֵלֶל tselel “shadow” 2
• כָּזַב kazav “to lie” 2
• נָקָה naqah “to clear” 2
• מִרְמָה mirmah “deceit” 2
• דּוֹד dod “beloved” 2
• נוּס nus “to flee” 2
• הַר har “mountain” 2
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 2
• עַד ad “till” 2

Key verses

The verses using puach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 10:5 — His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
• Psalms 12:5 — For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
• Proverbs 6:19 — A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
• Proverbs 12:17 — He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
• Proverbs 19:5 — A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
• Proverbs 19:9 — A false 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, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
• Song of Solomon 4:6 — Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
• Song of Solomon 4:16 — Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant…
• 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 thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to…
• Habakkuk 2:3 — For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.