Color
פּוּךְStrong’s H6320pukh
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pukh is the Hebrew word usually translated “eye-paint” and “antimony”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.”
Meaning
- Antimony, stibium, black painteye cosmetic
How it's translated
- with eye-paint 2
- antimony 1
- in antimony 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 29:2Now 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 stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
- Isaiah 54:11O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
- Jeremiah 4:30And 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, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Hebrew dictionary
פּוּךְ pukh · color
1) antimony, stibium, black paint 1a) eye cosmetic
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “color” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COLOR, noun
- In physics, a property inherent in light, which, by a difference in the rays and the laws of refraction, or some other cause, gives to bodies particular appearances to the eye.
- Appearance of a body to the eye, or a quality of sensation, caused by the rays of light; hue; dye; as the color of gold, or of indigo.
- A red color; the freshness or appearance of blood in the face.
- Appearance to the mind; as, prejudice puts a false color upon objects.
All definitions and other forms of “color”
- Superficial cover; palliation; that which serves to give an appearance of right; as, their sin admitted no color or excuse.
- External appearance; false show; pretense; guise.
- Kind; species; character; complexion.
- That which is used for coloring; paint; as red lead, ocher, orpiment, cinnabar, or vermilion, etc.
- Colors, with a plural termination, in the military art, a flag, ensign or standard, borne in an army or fleet. [See Flag.]
- In law, color in pleading is when the defendant in assize or trespass, gives to the plaintiff a color or appearance of title, by stating his title specially; thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.
COLOR, verb transitive
- To change or alter the external appearance of a body or substance; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain; as, to color cloth.
- To give a specious appearance; to set in a fair light; to palliate; to excuse.
- To make plausible; to exaggerate in representation.
COLOR, verb intransitive
To blush.
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.