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HebrewH4115Noun (Feminine)

מַהְפֶּ֫כֶת

mah.pe.khet

4Occurrences
H4115Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a wrench, i.e. the stocks

from H2015 (הָפַךְ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. stocks 1a) similar instrument of punishment (compelling crooked posture or distorting) 1b) house of stocks, prison-house

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

מַהְפֶּ֫כֶת appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
3
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 16:10BSB

Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

Jeremiah 20:2BSB

he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 20:3BSB

The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

Jeremiah 29:26BSB

‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.