Hebrew verb · H6315
פּוּחַ
puachpoo'akh
to breathe
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pûwach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6315is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6315
to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
The King James renders it: blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
puach is rendered "to breathe". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 10:5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
Psalms 10:5יָפִ֥יחַ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's fourteen uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he may breathe out3
- he breathes out3
- that it will breathe2
- and it will pant1
- he pants1
- I will blow1
- make breathe1
- so he may breathe out1
- they inflame1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| פּוּץ | puts | to scatter | Uses67 |
| פּוּר | Pur | Purim | Uses8 |
| פּוּק | puq | to promote | Uses7 |
| פּוּג | pug | be numb | Uses4 |
| פּוּךְ | puk | color | Uses4 |
| פּוּשׁ | push | to leap | Uses4 |
| פּוּר | pur | to break | Uses3 |
| פּוּק | puq | to reel | Uses2 |
| פּוּרָה | purah | winepress | Uses2 |
| פּוּן | pun | to distract | Uses1 |
| פּוּגָה | pugah | cessation | Uses1 |
| פּוּנִי | Puni | Punite | Uses1 |
and 2 more on the stem.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְיָפִ֥יחַ2
- יָפִ֣יחַ2
- שֶׁיָּפ֙וּחַ֙2
- אָפִ֣יחַ1
- הָפִ֥יחִי1
- וְיָפִ֖חַ1
- וְיָפֵ֥חַ1
- וְיָפִ֖יחַ1
- יָפִ֥יחַ1
- יָפִ֥יחַֽ1
- יָפִ֣יחוּ1
The grammar of each form
- HC/Vqu3ms4HC/Vqu3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVqi3ms
- relative particle (“who / which”) + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HTr/Vqi3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Vqj3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singular1HVhv2fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqi1cs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
Psalms
two uses
He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
- יָפִ֥יחַyafiachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he breathes out
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
- יָפִ֥יחַֽyafiachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he pants
Proverbs
seven uses
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
- יָפִ֣יחַyafiachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he breathes out
He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
- יָפִ֣יחַyafiachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he breathes out
An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
- וְיָפִ֥יחַveyafiachHC/Vqu3mstagged: and he may breathe out
A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
- וְיָפִ֖חַveyafiachHC/Vqu3mstagged: so he may breathe out
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
- וְיָפִ֥יחַveyafiachHC/Vqu3mstagged: and he may breathe out
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
- וְיָפִ֖יחַveyafiachHC/Vqu3mstagged: and he may breathe out
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
- יָפִ֣יחוּyafichuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they inflame
Song of Solomon
three uses
Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
- שֶׁיָּפ֙וּחַ֙sheiyafuachrelative particle (“who / which”) + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: that it will breathe
Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
- שֶׁיָּפ֙וּחַ֙sheiyafuachrelative particle (“who / which”) + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: that it will breathe
Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
- הָפִ֥יחִיhafichiverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: make breathe
Ezekiel
one use
I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
- אָפִ֣יחַʾafiachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will blow
Habakkuk
one use
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
- וְיָפֵ֥חַveyafeachconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and it will pant
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.