בּוּךְ
buch · wander in confusion
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H943 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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buch (בּוּךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “wander in confusion”.
Wander lost, not knowing which way to go.
How to say it
buch
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
- To go here and there not knowing where.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- are wandering aimlessly ×1
- wander confused ×1
- was in confusion ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 14:3
Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has closed in on them.’
- Esther 3:15
The couriers went out urged on by the word of the king, and the law was given in Susa, the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
- Joel 1:18
How the livestock groan! The herds of cattle wander confused, for there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.