Strong's Lexicon

H6311

H6311 — פּוֹה פּוֹא פּוֹ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewpohadverbOccurrences: 82TWOT: 1739

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6311
Word:פּוֹה פּוֹא פּוֹ
Part of Speech:adverb
Etymology:probably from a primitive inseparable particle "p" (of demonstrative force) and H1931
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:82
Transliteration:poh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:po (or po' (Job 38) adv.
Meaning:1. this place (French ici), i.e. here or hence
KJV Renderings:here, hither, the one (other, this, that) side.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6537

פֹּה58, and (Ezek 40:1-41:200, 23 out of 35 t.) פּוֺ, also Job 38:11b פֹּא, adverb [of location] here, hither (probably from the same demonstrative √ found in [untranscribed source text 4181] so, then (often in apodosis), אַף, אֵפוֺא: compare ii. l, 247 f., 243, 331 f.): —

1. here:
a. Gen 19:12 עֹד מִילְֿךָ פֹּה whom hast thou still here ? Gen 22:5 שְׁבוּ לָכֶם פֹּה, Gen 40:15; Num 22:8; Num 32:16; Deut 5:28; Deut 12:8; Judg 4:20 הֲיֵשׁ פֹּה אִישׁ, 2Kgs 3:11, etc.; asked in some surprise, Judg 18:3 מַהלְּֿךָ פֹה = what is thy business here ? simil. 1Kgs 19:9; 1Kgs 19:13 ; Isa 22:16 ; Isa 52:5 וְעַתָּה מַהלִּֿיפֹֿה. compare the synonym בָּזֶה, כֹּה 2.
b. עַדפֹּֿה Job 38:11 a.
c. מִפֹּה or מִפּוֺ, only Ezek 40-41, and always (except Ezek 40:12 a, where it must be supplied with ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ) repeated, on this side … on that side (compare מִזֶּה ֗֗֗ מִזֶּה ), Ezek 40:10 (twice in verse); Ezek 40:12b; Ezek 40:21 (twice in verse), etc.
d. with the interrogative אֵי, אֵיפֹה where ?.
2. after a verb of motion, hither, 1Sam 16:11 עַדבּֿאֹוֺ פֹה, Ezra 4:2.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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