פּוּג pûwg

Meaning

to be sluggish

In the King James Version: cease, be feeble, faint, be slacked.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Genesis 45:26 “Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
• Psalms 38:8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
• Psalms 77:2 In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
• Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.