פּוּךְ
puch · eye paint
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6320 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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puch (פּוּךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “eye paint”.
Dark eye paint, a mineral powder with which women outlined their eyes (2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30). In Isaiah 54:11 and 1 Chronicles 29:2 it is said of a dark material used in building.
How to say it
puch
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Dark powder for painting the eyes.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 9:30
Jehu came to Jezreel, and Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes with antimony and adorned her head and looked down through the window.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2
With all my strength I have prepared for the house of my Elohim the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and the wood for the things of wood; onyx stones and stones for setting, stones of antimony and of colors, and every precious stone, and marble stones in abundance.
- Isaiah 54:11
“Afflicted one, storm-tossed, not comforted: look, I am setting your stones on antimony, and I will lay your foundations on sapphires.
- Jeremiah 4:30
And you, devastated one, what will you do? Though you dress in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with antimony, in vain you make yourself beautiful. The lovers despise you; they seek your soul.