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פּוּג

pûwg · H6313 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to be weak, to become weak

    State in which humans lack physical strength

    Examples

    Psalm 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; In the night my hand was stretched out and did not grow weary; My soul refused to be comforted.

  2. to be stunned

    Literally: (one's) heart is weak; hence: state in which one is unable to comprehend certain things

    Examples

    Genesis 45:26 And they told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” But he was stunned, for he did not believe them.

  3. to be feeble, to be spent

    Literally: to be weak; hence: state in which humans are totally discouraged

    Examples

    Psalm 38:8 I feel faint and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.

  4. to fail

    Literally: to be weak; hence: state in which certain conditions are ineffective

    Examples

    Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the Law is ignored, And justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out confused.

How it’s used In 2 roles

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Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word
כָּשַׁל kâshal · H3782 · to stumble, to fall, to stagger
כָשַׁל denotes physical or structural failure — stumbling, falling, or collapsing — while the target lexeme denotes cessation and loss of strength, such as growing feeble or faint. The two are near-synonyms describing related but distinct facets of failing, one more concrete, the other more internal.
Semantic domains 4 entries
Weak002001001069
פּוּג describes becoming numb or feeble, as when Jacob's heart grows numb at first hearing the news of Joseph in Genesis 45:26, and when the psalmist's spirit feels weak in Psalm 77:3.
Non-Think002004002014
The word is tied to a failure to process or believe what is heard, as Jacob does not believe his sons' report even as his heart grows numb in Genesis 45:26.
Afraid002001002001
פּוּג's association with distress and being overwhelmed ties it to this domain, though this facet is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show numbness and disbelief rather than fear specifically.
Fail002003003013
The word describes a ceasing or slackening of proper function, as when the Law is ignored and justice never upheld in Habakkuk 1:4.
Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

פּוּגpûwg · H6313הֲפֻגָה hăphugâh · H2014 · respite, relief · 1×פּוּגָה pûwgâh · H6314 · respite, relief · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6313. pug [מּוּג] verb grow numb (Arabic grow cool; **Syriac become cold (Mat 24:12),…
H6313. pug
[מּוּג] verb grow numb (Arabic grow cool; **Syriac become cold (Mat 24:12), fail, become weak, inefficient; מּוּג ᵑ7 become cold, fail, be or (Pa`el) make ineffectual; Late Hebrew id., fail, vanish. Syriac be cold; מּוּג ᵑ7 cease, be helpless; Late Hebrew id. vanish); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular לִבּוֺ וַיָּפָג Gen 45:26; Gen 45:3feminine singular תָּפוּג Psa 77:3 of hand (si vera lectio, see נגר), i.e. drop helpless; Hab 1:4 of תּוֺרָה, i.e. be ineffective.
Niph`al Perfect1singular וְנִדְכֵּיתִי נְפוּגֹתִי Psa 38:9 I am benumbed and crushed (figurative); read probably also אֶמּוֺגָה Psa 88:16 (for ᵑ0 ἅπ. λεγ. אָפוּנָה), Ol Hup Dy Gr Che אָפוּגָה.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Weak1 occurrenceAfraid1 occurrenceFail1 occurrenceNon-Think1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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