STRONGS NUMBER H6320

H6320. puk

מּוּךְ‎ noun [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; עֵינֶוהָ בֵּמּ ׳וַתָּשֶׂם‎ 2 Kings 9:30, וגו ׳תִּקְרְעִי‎ Jeremiah 4:30; (on practice in Arabic see We^{GGN, 1893, 443}; in Egypt, Lane^{Mod.Egypt.ed. 5, i. 45 f.}); figurative Isaiah 54:11 of dark cement setting off precious stones (but We^{DLZ, Aug. 2, 1890} Che^Hpt and others read נֹפֶךְ‎ q. v.); פ ׳אַבְנֵי‎ 1 Chronicles 29:2 are perhaps stones of brilliant hue of antimony. — compare proper name הַמּוּךְ קֶרֶן‎, and כָּחַל‎.