Lexicon :: Strong's H4115 - mahpeḵeṯ

מַהְפֶּכֶת
Transliteration
mahpeḵeṯ
Pronunciation
mah-peh'-keth
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From הָפַךְ (H2015)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 512e

Strong’s Definitions

מַהְפֶּכֶת mahpeketh, mah-peh'-keth; from H2015; a wrench, i.e. the stocks:—prison, stocks.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H4115 in the following manner: prison (2x), stocks (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H4115 in the following manner: prison (2x), stocks (2x).

  1. stocks

    1. similar instrument of punishment (compelling crooked posture or distorting)

    2. house of stocks, prison-house

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַהְפֶּכֶת mahpeketh, mah-peh'-keth; from H2015; a wrench, i.e. the stocks:—prison, stocks.
STRONGS H4115: Abbreviations
† מַהְפֶּ֫כֶת noun feminine stocks or similar instrument of punishment (compelling crooked posture, or distorting), mentioned rather late; as punishment for Jeremiah אֲשֶׁר בְּשֹׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן הַמּ׳ Jeremiah 20:2 ( εἱς τὸν καταράκτην κ.τ.λ.), compare אֶלהַֿמּ׳ Jeremiah 29:26 ( εἰς τὸ ἀπόκλεισμα; || אֶלהַֿצִּינֹק, εἰς τὸν καταράκτην, but order of words perhaps reversed in ); הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶת Jeremiah 20:3; הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת בֵּית assigned also to Asa's time 2 Chronicles 16:10 ( εἰς φυλακήν; εἰς οἶκον φυλακῆς; compare Acts 16:24, where εἰς τὴν ἐσωτέραν φυλακήν, + εἰς τὸ ξύλον).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Chronicles

16:10

Jeremiah

20:2; 20:3; 29:26

Acts

16:24