פּוּץ puts

Hebrew word for “to scatter” · Strong’s H6327 · used 67 times in 66 verses

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Meaning

1) to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered;

Senses in the lexicon

• to scatter (62)
• to shatter (2)
• to flow (2)
• scatterer (1)

How it is translated

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

• scattered 18
• will scatter 14
• have been scattered 7
• scatter 4
• have scattered 4
• may be scattered 2
• should be scattered 1
• has scattered 1
• scatters 1
• where it scatters 1
• may they be scattered 1
• does he scatter 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 34 (4), Genesis 11 (3), Jeremiah 23 (3), Ezekiel 20 (3), Ezekiel 11 (2), Ezekiel 29 (2), Ezekiel 30 (2), Habakkuk 3 (2), Genesis 10 (1), Genesis 49 (1)

Forms

• נפצו 7
• ויפץ 3
• ויפצו 3
• והפיץ 3
• ואפיצם 2
• ויפיצם 2
• יפוצו 2
• והפצותי 2
• ותפוצינה 2
• נפוץ 1

Words used with it

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

• גּוֹי goy “nation” 14
• זָרָה zarah “to scatter” 8
• רָעָה raah “to pasture” 8
• שָׁם sham “there” 11
• קָבַץ qavats “to gather” 7
• צֹאן tson “flock” 7
• הֶם hem “them” 9
• כֹּה koh “thus” 7
• הָמַם hamam “to confuse” 3
• בָּרָק baraq “lightning” 3
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 5
• כֵּן ken “so” 6

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 28:64 — And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou…
• Deuteronomy 30:3 — That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy…
• Job 40:11 — Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
• Psalms 68:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.] Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
• Isaiah 24:1 — Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
• Isaiah 41:16 — Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy…
• Jeremiah 23:1 — Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 30:11 — For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of…
• Ezekiel 20:41 — I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will…
• Ezekiel 28:25 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the…
• Habakkuk 3:6 — He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways…
• Zechariah 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and…

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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.