מַהְפֵּכָה
mah.pe.khah
“overthrow”
Definition
a destruction
from H2015 (הָפַךְ);
- overthrow, destruction 1a) always of Sodom and Gomorrah
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מַהְפֵּכָה appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Some of you I overthrewas I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze,yet you did not return to Me,”declares the LORD.
Your land is desolate;your cities are burned with fire.Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,will be overthrown by Godlike Sodom and Gomorrah.
As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrownalong with their neighbors,”says the LORD,“no one will dwell there;no man will abide there.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrahalong with their neighbors,”declares the LORD,“no one will dwell there;no man will abide there.
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