To promote
פּוּקStrong’s H6329puq
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Puq is the Hebrew word usually translated “obtains”, “obtained” and “promote”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.”
Meaning
- To bring out, furnish, promote, go out, issue(Hiphil)
How it's translated
- he obtains 2
- and he obtained 2
- you promote 1
- providing 1
- and you will offer 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 4
- Psalms 2
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 144:13That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
- Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
- Proverbs 8:35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
- Proverbs 12:2A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- Proverbs 18:22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
- Isaiah 58:10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
Hebrew dictionary
פּוּק puq · to promote
1) to bring out, furnish, promote, go out, issue 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to produce, furnish 1a2) to bring out, elicit, obtain, cause to come out from 1a3) to promote 1a4) to cause to go out to
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “promote” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROMO'TE, verb transitive
[Latin promotus, promoveo, to move forward; pro and moveo, to move.]
- To forward; to advance; to contribute to the growth, enlargement or excellence of any thing valuable, or to the increase of any thing evil; as, to promote learning, knowledge, virtue or religion; to promote the interest of commerce or agriculture; to promote the arts; to promote civilization or refinement; to promote the propagation of the gospel; to promote vice and disorder.
- To excite; as, to promote mutiny.
- To exalt; to elevate; to raise; to prefer in rank or honor.“I will promote thee to very great honors” Numbers 22:17“Exalt her, and she shall promote thee” Proverbs 4:8
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.