hebrew #6320 - פוּךְ puk (antimony)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fair colors, glistering, painted From an unused root meaning to paint; dye (specifically, stibium for the eyes) -- fair colours, glistering, paint(-ed) (-ing). Englishman's Concordance 1) antimony, stibium, black paint 1a) eye cosmetic Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root meaning to paint Same Word by TWOT Number: 1742 Brown-Driver-Briggsמּוּךְnoun [masculine]antimony, stibium (Late Hebrew=Biblical Hebrew; compare possibly Arabic  open, separate; Syriac  pulverize; but מּוּךְ perhaps foreign word); — black mineral powder, for increasing brilliance of eyes by darkening edges of lids; ׳וַתָּשֶׂם בֵּמּעֵינֶוהָ2 Kings 9:30, ׳תִּקְרְעִי וגוJeremiah 4:30; (on practice in Arabic see WeGGN, 1893, 443; in Egypt, LaneMod.Egypt.ed. 5, i. 45 f.); figurative Isaiah 54:11 of dark cement setting off precious stones (but WeDLZ, Aug. 2, 1890 CheHpt and others read נֹפֶךְ q. v.); ׳אַבְנֵי פ1 Chronicles 29:2 are perhaps stones of brilliant hue of antimony. — compare proper name קֶרֶן הַמּוּךְ, and כָּחַל. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 6320. פּוּך (puk) — 4 Occurrences2 Kings 9:30 1 Chronicles 29:2 Isaiah 54:11 Jeremiah 4:30 |