Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H6498 |
|---|---|
| Word: | פַּקּוּעָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from the same as H6497 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | paqqu`ah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pak-koo-aw' |
| Meaning: | 1. the wild cucumber (from splitting open to shed its seeds) |
| KJV Renderings: | gourd. |
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פַּקֻּעֹת noun [feminine] plural gourds (wild cucumbers, citrullus colocynthis, with purgative properties, according to PostHastings DB ii. 250 DeRi HWB 278 f. ᵐ5 κολοκυνθις; > momordica (or ecballium) elaterium, which is not a vine; compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 4296], fruit of colocynthis (or the similar cucumis prophetarum , Löwl.c. Brock); — construct שָׂדֶה ׳ פ 2Kgs 4:39.
פַּר see פרר .
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
