STRONGS H6320:
Abbreviations
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פּוּךְ noun [
masculine]
antimony, stibium (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; compare possibly Arabic
open, separate; Syriac
pulverize; but
פּוּך perhaps foreign word); — black mineral powder, for increasing brilliance of eyes by darkening edges of lids;
בַּפּ'וַתָּשֶׂם עֵינֶוהָ 2 Kings 9:30,
תִּקְרְעִי וגו׳ Jeremiah 4:30; (on practice in Arabic see We
GGN, 1893, 443; in Egypt, Lane
Mod.Egypt.ed. 5, i. 45 f.); figurative
Isaiah 54:11 of dark cement setting off precious stones (but We
DLZ, Aug. 2, 1890 Che
Hpt and others read
נֹפֶךְ which see);
אַבְנֵי פ׳ 1 Chronicles 29:2 are perhaps stones of brilliant hue of antimony. — compare proper name
H7163 הַפּוּךְ קֶרֶן, and
H3583 כָּחַל.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
2 Kings
9:30
1 Chronicles
29:2
Isaiah
54:11
Jeremiah
4:30