Pûwk — H6320

Definition

masculine noun

dye (specifically, stibium for the eyes)

1. antimony, stibium, black paint
1. eye cosmetic

Usually translated as

glistering, painted, painting, fair colours, paint

Origin

from an unused root meaning to paint

Greek equivalents

• polytelḗs (G4185)

Occurrences

Pûwk occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

• 2 Kings 9:30 — And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted (בַּפּ֤וּךְ) her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
• 1 Chronicles 29:2 — Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering (פ֣וּךְ) stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
• Isaiah 54:11 — O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with (בַּפּוּךְ֙) fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
• Jeremiah 4:30 — And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting (בַפּוּךְ֙), in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.