פּוּחַpûwach

breathe, blow

Pronunciation: poo'akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6315

Meanings

Qal: breathes, i.e. grows cool (Song of Solomon 2:17; Song of Solomon 4:6)

Hiph`il

1. cause, to exhale (Song of Solomon 4:16)

a. puff, snort (Psalms 10:5)

b. will I blow against thee. (Ezekiel 21:36)

c. excite, inflame (Proverbs 29:8)

d. puff, = pant for it (Psalms 12:6; Habakkuk 2:3)

3. breathe out, utter (Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 14:5; Proverbs 14:25)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

Psalms 10:5 Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They sneer at all their enemies.
Psalms 12:5 The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”
Proverbs 6:19 a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.
Proverbs 12:17 An honest witness tells the truth; a false witness tells lies.
Proverbs 14:5 An honest witness does not lie; a false witness breathes lies.
Proverbs 14:25 A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is a traitor.

See every passage

Psalms 10:5, 12:5
Proverbs 6:19, 12:17, 14:5, 14:25, 19:5, 19:9, 29:8
Song of Solomon 2:17, 4:6, 4:16
Ezekiel 21:31
Habakkuk 2:3

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).