פּוּץ
to scatter
also: be dispersed, be scattered fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be scattered’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘trans. scatter’
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
- Pilpel
- A reduplicated intensive stem of two-letter or hollow roots.
- Hithpolel
- The reflexive counterpart of the Polel.
Form
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms 33 distinct
- Verb, Niphal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 7 times (10%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 5 times (7%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 5 times (7%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 4 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 4 times (6%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 4 times (6%)
- Verb, Niphal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 3 times (4%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct 3 times (4%)
+25 more forms (33 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 68 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H6327 appears — 66 distinct verses across 20 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 5 verses
- Genesis 10:18 נָפֹ֔צוּ Niphal pf 3cp the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
- Genesis 11:4 נָפ֖וּץ Qal impf 1cp They said, "Come, let's build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
- Genesis 11:8 וַ/יָּ֨פֶץ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
- Genesis 11:9 הֱפִיצָ֣/ם Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because Yahweh confused the language of all the earth, there. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
- Genesis 49:7 וַ/אֲפִיצֵ֖/ם conj + Hiphil impf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, Scatter them in Israel.
Exodus 1 verse
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:27 וְ/הֵפִ֧יץ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where Yahweh shall lead you away.
- Deuteronomy 28:64 וֶ/הֱפִֽיצְ/ךָ֤ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
- Deuteronomy 30:3 הֱפִֽיצְ/ךָ֛ Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms that then Yahweh your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples, where Yahweh your God has scattered you.
1 Samuel 3 verses
- 1 Samuel 11:11 וַ/יָּפֻ֔צוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
- 1 Samuel 13:8 וַ/יָּ֥פֶץ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He stayed seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
- 1 Samuel 14:34 פֻּ֣צוּ Qal impv 2mp Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don't sin against Yahweh in eating with the blood. All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 18:8 נפצית נָפֹ֖צֶת Niphal ptcp.pass fp Niphal ptcp.pass fs For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
- 2 Samuel 20:22 וַ/יָּפֻ֥צוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
- 2 Samuel 22:15 וַ/יְפִיצֵ֑/ם conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp He sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and confused them.
1 Kings 1 verse
2 Kings 1 verse
2 Chronicles 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 5 verses
- Job 16:12 וַֽ/יְפַצְפְּצֵ֑/נִי conj + Pilpel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
- Job 18:11 וֶ/הֱפִיצֻ֥/הוּ conj + Hiphil pf 3cp + sfx pers 3ms Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.
- Job 37:11 יָ֝פִ֗יץ Hiphil impf 3ms Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
- Job 38:24 יָפֵ֖ץ Hiphil impf 3ms By what way is the lightning distributed, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
- Job 40:11 הָ֭פֵץ Hiphil impv 2ms Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
Psalms 3 verses
- Psalms 18:14 וַ/יְפִיצֵ֑/ם conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.
- Psalms 68:1 יָפ֣וּצוּ Qal impf 3mp Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.
- Psalms 144:6 וּ/תְפִיצֵ֑/ם conj + Hiphil impf 2ms + sfx pers 3mp Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.
Proverbs 1 verse
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 24:1 וְ/הֵפִ֖יץ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants of it.
- Isaiah 28:25 וְ/הֵפִ֥יץ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms When he has leveled the surface of it, doesn't he cast abroad the dill, and scatter the cumin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border of it?
- Isaiah 41:16 תָּפִ֣יץ Hiphil impf 3fs You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and you shall rejoice in Yahweh, you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 10 verses
- Jeremiah 9:16 וַ/הֲפִֽצוֹתִי/ם֙ conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.
- Jeremiah 10:21 נָפֽוֹצָה Niphal pf 3fs For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
- Jeremiah 13:24 וַ/אֲפִיצֵ֖/ם conj + Hiphil impf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness.
- Jeremiah 18:17 אֲפִיצֵ֖/ם Hiphil impf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
- Jeremiah 23:1 וּ/מְפִצִ֛ים conj + Hiphil ptcp.act mp Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 23:2 הֲפִצֹתֶ֤ם Hiphil pf 2mp Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 23:29 יְפֹ֥צֵֽץ Poel impf 3ms Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
- Jeremiah 30:11 הֲפִצוֹתִ֣י/ךָ Hiphil pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms For I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.
- Jeremiah 40:15 וְ/נָפֹ֨צוּ֙ conj + Niphal wpf 3cp Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?
- Jeremiah 52:8 נָפֹ֖צוּ Niphal pf 3cp But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Ezekiel 18 verses
- Ezekiel 11:16 הֲפִֽיצוֹתִ֖י/ם Hiphil pf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.
- Ezekiel 11:17 נְפֹצוֹתֶ֖ם Niphal pf 2mp Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
- Ezekiel 12:15 בַּ/הֲפִיצִ֤/י prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
- Ezekiel 20:23 לְ/הָפִ֤יץ prep + Hiphil inf.cs Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
- Ezekiel 20:34 נְפוֹצֹתֶ֖ם Niphal pf 2mp and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;
- Ezekiel 20:41 נְפֹצֹתֶ֖ם Niphal pf 2mp As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 22:15 וַ/הֲפִיצוֹתִ֤י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries; and I will consume your filthiness out of you.
- Ezekiel 28:25 נָפֹ֣צוּ Niphal pf 3cp Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
- Ezekiel 29:12 וַ/הֲפִצֹתִ֤י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
- Ezekiel 29:13 נָפֹ֥צוּ Niphal pf 3cp For thus says the Lord Yahweh: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered;
- Ezekiel 30:23 וַ/הֲפִצוֹתִ֥י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
- Ezekiel 30:26 וַ/הֲפִצוֹתִ֤י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 34:5 וַ/תְּפוּצֶ֖ינָה וַ/תְּפוּצֶֽינָה conj + Qal wimpf 3fp conj + Qal wimpf 3fp They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.
- Ezekiel 34:6 נָפֹ֣צוּ Niphal pf 3cp My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.
- Ezekiel 34:12 נָפֹ֣צוּ Niphal pf 3cp As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
- Ezekiel 34:21 הֲפִיצוֹתֶ֛ם Hiphil pf 2mp Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad;
- Ezekiel 36:19 וָ/אָפִ֤יץ conj + Hiphil wimpf 1cs and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
- Ezekiel 46:18 יָפֻ֣צוּ Qal impf 3mp Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people not be scattered every man from his possession.
Nahum 1 verse
Habakkuk 2 verses
- Habakkuk 3:6 וַ/יִּתְפֹּֽצְצוּ֙ conj + Hithpolel wimpf 3mp He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
- Habakkuk 3:14 לַ/הֲפִיצֵ֑/נִי prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, Gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
Zephaniah 1 verse
Zechariah 2 verses
- Zechariah 1:17 תְּפוּצֶ֥ינָה Qal impf 3fp "Proclaim further, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem."'"
- Zechariah 13:7 וּ/תְפוּצֶ֣יןָ conj + Qal impf 3fp "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, And against the man who is close to me," says Yahweh of Hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; And I will turn my hand against the little ones.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“to scatter” is the headline sense of the Hebrew verb פוץ (pûwts). Where the King James Version says “i will scatter,” newer translations reach for “scattered” (Berean Standard Bible); the renderings breakdown has the detail. It appears 66 verses across 20 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its moderately common vocabulary. More than a quarter of its appearances fall in Ezekiel. The verb spans 4 stems, from Qal to Niphal. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6327 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 66
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 66 distinct verses.
- 20 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 20 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #582
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 582 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 66 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 66 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 45 verses · 68%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 11 verses · 17%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 10 verses · 15%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: I will scatter 6×, Scatter 4×, Scattered 4×
- American Standard Version†: I will scatter 6×, Scatter 5×, Scattered 5×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Scattered 7×, They were scattered 5×, I will disperse 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Scattered 11×, Scatter 5×, And 4×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6327 across 69† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 40 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6327 across 68† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 44 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6327 across 67† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6327 across 80† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 42 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
12 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses one or more reduplicated stems (the Pōlēl/Pilpēl type), which for hollow or geminate roots behave much like Piel — often intensive or iterative.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 12 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
פוץ I be dispersed, scattered (NH = BH
Qal
- Impf. 3 mpl. יָפוּצוּ ψ 68:2, יָפֻצוּ Ez 48:16 +; 3 fpl. וַתְּפוּצֶינָה Ez 34:5 +, וּתְפוּצֶינָה Zc 13:7, etc.; Imv. mpl. פֻּצוּ 1 S 14:34; Pt. pass. pl. sf. פּוּצַי Zp 3:10 (v. infr.);—be dispersed, disperse, בָּעָם 1 S 14:34; be scattered, of enemies 1 S 11:11; Nu 10:35 ψ 68:2; of Isr. (among nations) under fig. of flock Ez 34:5(×2); Zc 13:7; בַּת־פּוּצַי Zp 3:10 is prob. crpt., and v 9, 10 gloss v. SchwallyZAW x (1890), 203 Now Da; of besieging army 2 S 20:22 (מֵעַל הָעִיר); people from (מִן) possessions Ez 46:18; men (from Babel) Gn 11:4 (עַל loc.). e.g. Psalms 68:2
Niphal
- Pf. 3 fs. נָפ֫וֹצָה Je 10:21, 3 pl. נָ֫פֹצוּ Gn 10:18 +, 2 mpl. נְפֹצֹתֶם Ez 11:17 +, etc.; Pt. f. נָפ֫וֹצֶת 2 S 18:8 Qr (> Kt נפצות) cf. Dr al.; pl. נְפֹצִים 1 K 22:17, נְפוֹצִים 2 Ch 18:16;— e.g. Jeremiah 10:21
- 1. be scattered, of army 2 K 25:5 (מֵעַל pers.) = Je 52:8, 1 K 22:17 (אֶל loc.) = 2 Ch 18:16 (עַל), cf. Je 40:15 (abs.); of dispersed Isr. c. ב loc. Ez 11:17; 20:34, 41; 28:25, as flock Je 10:21; Ez 34:6 (עַל loc.), v 12 (שָׁם); Egyptians 29:13 (שָׁמָּה); of battle scattered over country by defeat 2 S 18:8. e.g. 2 Kings 25:5
- 2. be spread abroad, of peoples Gn 10:18. e.g. Genesis 10:18
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְהֵפִיץ Dt 4:27 +, 1 s. consec. וַהֲפִיצוֹתִי Ez 22:15, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָפִיץ Jb 37:11, וַיָּ֫פֶץ Gn 11:8 +, etc.; Imv. ms. הָפֵץ Jb 40:11; Inf. cstr. לְהָפִיץ Ez 20:23, etc.;— e.g. Deuteronomy 4:27
- 1. trans. scatter:
- a. c. acc. pers. Gn 11:8, 9 (עַל loc.), Is 41:16; Hb 3:14; c. ב Gn 49:7; Isr. among (ב) nations Dt 4:27; 28:64; Je 9:15; Ez 11:16; 12:15; 20:23; 22:15; 36:19; Ne 1:8; c. שׁם(ה) Dt 30:3; Je 30:11; c. אֶל loc. Ez 34:21; abs. Je 13:24; 18:17, under fig. of flock Je 23:1, 2; Gr reads אֲפִיצֵם also Dt 32:26 (v. [פאה]); Egyptians (c. ב) Ez 29:12; 30:23, 26; inhab. of earth Is 24:1. e.g. Genesis 11:8
- b. c. acc. rei, arrows (fig. for lightnings) 2 S 22:15 = ψ 18:15, ψ 144:6; cloud Jb 37:11; הָפֵץ עַבְרוֹת אַפֶּ֑ךָ 40:11 (i.e. lightnings?); seed Is 28:25. e.g. 2 Samuel 22:15
- c. וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ Jb 18:11 and drive him (si vera l., vid. conj. in Bu). e.g. Job 18:11
- 2. intrans., scatter, c. ב loc. Ex 5:12, c. מֵעַל pers. 1 S 13:8; of wind Jb 38:24 (עַל loc.). e.g. Exodus 5:12
פוץ II flow, overflow (Arabic فَاضَ flow, cf. BaES 69)
Qal
- Impf. 3 mpl. יָפוּצוּ Pr 5:16 of springs, fig. for sources of pleasure; 3 fpl. תְּפוּצֶנָה עָרַי מִטּוֹב Zc 1:17 my cities shall overflow with good. e.g. Proverbs 5:16
פוץ III break (Arabic فَضَّ break, break asunder
Pilp
- Impf. 3 ms. sf. וַיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי Jb 16:12 he [God] dashed me in pieces (fig.) Hithpōʿ. e.g. Job 16:12
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb. be dispersed, scattered (NH = BH; perhaps akin to Arabic فَضَّ break asunder, scatter);—
II. vb. flow, overflow (Arabic فَاضَ flow, cf. BaES 69);—
I. vb. break (Arabic فَضَّ break, break asunder; Nab. פצץ break asunder; Syriac ܦܰܥ crush);—Pōʿ. Impf. 3 ms. יְפֹצֵץ סָ֑לַע Je 23:29 a hammer which shatters rock.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
פּוּץ
- (b. h.) to break through.
- to break through, spread. Y. Snh. I, 19ᵇ sq. [read:] חד אמר … וחרנה אין עושין כל עיקר שמא יָפִיצוּ גוים ויבואו לארץ ישראל ואית דבעי מימר שמא יִפְרְצוּ אויבים ויבואו לידי קרחה one says (in the case of border towns condemned for idolatry, v. נָדַח), if there are two of them, we do not condemn them to be destroyed, if only one, we do; and another says, if there are several border towns near one another (of which one is to be condemned), we proceed (against the one, because the protection remains unimpaired), but if they are scattered, we do not; and a third one says, we must not destroy a border town under any circumstances, lest ravaging troops break forth and invade Palestine; but some would say (instead), lest a regular enemy invade and find an open country (v. Bab. Snh. 16ᵇ; Tosef. ib. XIV, 1).
- to shatter, shiver, spread. Part. pass. מְפוֹצָץ; f. מְפוֹצֶצֶת. Lev. R. s. 27 עתידה בת קול להיות מפ׳ … ואומרת וכ׳ (not ואומר) in days to come a divine voice will be scattered in all directions (cmp. נִיצוֹץ) on the top of mountains and proclaim &c.
- to be shattered. Kidd. 30ᵇ אם ברזל הוא מִתְפּוֹצֵץ if he (the tempter in man’s heart) is of iron, he will be shattered (by the study of God’s word, with ref. to Jer. XXIII, 29). e.g. Jeremiah 23:29
פּוּץ ²
- ch., v. פְּצַץ a. נְפַץ.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 61 distinct written forms H6327 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 1 rarer form follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6327, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 64 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 66 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 10:18
- Exodus 5:12
- Numbers 10:35
- Deuteronomy 4:27
- 1 Samuel 11:11
- 2 Samuel 18:8
- 1 Kings 22:17
- 2 Kings 25:5
- 2 Chronicles 18:16
- Job 16:12
- Psalms 18:14
- Proverbs 5:16
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
