To overspread
טוּחַStrong’s H2902tuach (tu-ach)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tuach is the Hebrew word usually translated “was plastered”, “plastered” and “plaster”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.”
Meaning
- To spread over, overlay, plaster, cover over, coat, besmear(Qal) to overspread, coat, overlay · (Niphal) to be coated, be plastered
- (Qal) to be besmeared
How it's translated
- was plastered 2
- you plastered 2
- and he will plaster 1
- to overlay 1
- it is besmeared 1
- plastering 1
- plasterers of 1
- and on plastered 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 6
- Leviticus 3
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Isaiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 14:43And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
- Leviticus 14:48And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
- 1 Chronicles 29:4Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
- Isaiah 44:18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
- Ezekiel 13:10Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:
- Ezekiel 13:11Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
Hebrew dictionary
טוּחַ tuach · to overspread
1) to spread over, overlay, plaster, cover over, coat, besmear 1a) (Qal) to overspread, coat, overlay 1b) (Niphal) to be coated, be plastered
טָחַח tachach · to be smeared
(Qal) to be besmeared
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “overspread” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OVERSPREAD, verb transitive
overspred'.
- To spread over; to cover over.
- To scatter over.
All definitions and other forms of “overspread”
OVERSPREAD, verb intransitive
overspred'. To be spread or scattered over; as, weeds overspread the ground.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.