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Lexicon :: Strong's H2015 - hāp̄aḵ

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הָפַךְ
Transliteration
hāp̄aḵ
Pronunciation
haw-fak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 512

Strong’s Definitions

הָפַךְ hâphak, haw-fak'; a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert:—× become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x

The KJV translates Strong's H2015 in the following manner: turn (57x), overthrow (13x), overturn (5x), change (3x), turn... (6x), become (1x), came (1x), converted (1x), gave (1x), make (1x), perverse (1x), perverted (1x), retired (1x), tumbled (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x
The KJV translates Strong's H2015 in the following manner: turn (57x), overthrow (13x), overturn (5x), change (3x), turn... (6x), become (1x), came (1x), converted (1x), gave (1x), make (1x), perverse (1x), perverted (1x), retired (1x), tumbled (1x).
  1. to turn, overthrow, overturn

    1. (Qal)

      1. to overturn, overthrow

      2. to turn, turn about, turn over, turn around

      3. to change, transform

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to turn oneself, turn, turn back

      2. to change oneself

      3. to be perverse

      4. to be turned, be turned over, be changed, be turned against

      5. to be reversed

      6. to be overturned, be overthrown

      7. to be upturned

    3. (Hithpael)

      1. to transform oneself

      2. to turn this way and that, turn every way

    4. (Hophal) to turn on someone

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הָפַךְ hâphak, haw-fak'; a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert:—× become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
STRONGS H2015: Abbreviations
הָפַךְ verb turn, overturn (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic הֲפַךְ, Kfph, Arabic أَفَكَ WSG 47, Assyrian abâku, apâku DlW) —
Qal Perfect Leviticus 13:3 + 13 times; וְהָפַךְ consecutive 2 Kings 21:13; Job 34:25; 3rd person masculine plural הָֽפְכוּ Psalm 78:9; הֲפַכְתֶּם Amos 6:12; Jeremiah 23:36, etc.; Imperfect יַהֲפֹךְ Lamentations 3:3; Jeremiah 13:23; וַיַּהֲפֹךְ Genesis 19:25 + 6 times; וַיַּהֲפָךְֿ 1 Samuel 10:9; suffix וַיַּהַפְכֵהוּ Judges 7:13; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּהֲפֹךְ 2 Chronicles 9:12; אֶהְפֹּךְ Zephaniah 3:9; וַיַּהַפְכוּ 1 Samuel 25:12; Job 12:15; Imperative הֲפֹךְ 1 Kings 22:34 2 Chronicles 18:33; Infinitive absolute הָפוֺךְ Proverbs 12:7; construct הֲפֹךְ Genesis 19:29; 1 Chronicles 19:3; suffix הָפְכִּי Genesis 19:21; הָפְכָהּ 2 Samuel 10:3; — on הַפְכְּכֶם (so Baer, which see) Isaiah 29:16, see הֶפֶךְ; Participle active הֹפֵךְ Amos 5:8; הַהֹפְכִי Psalm 114:8; plural הַהֹפְכִים Amos 5:7; passive הֲפוּכָה Hosea 7:8; Lamentations 4:6. —
1. transitive
a. turn, turn about, turn over, with accusative: e.g. turn the back (עֹרֶף) Joshua 7:8 (JE); a dish (צַלַּחַת) עַל־פָּנֶיהָ 2 Kings 21:13; the hand, & so the horses of a chariot 1 Kings 22:34 2 Chronicles 18:33; 2 Kings 9:23; but also (followed by בְּ) of hostility Lamentations 3:3; turn a cake (passive) Hosea 7:8; of י׳, שָׂפָה בְּרוּרָה ה׳ Zephaniah 3:9 i.e. restore speech of a pure kind, followed by אֶלעַֿמִּים; לֵב אַחֵר 1 Samuel 10:9 another heart, followed by לוֺ; turn a wind (רוּחַ; i.e. bring from different quarter) Exodus 10:19 (J).
b. overturn, overthrow, followed by accusative Sodom, etc., Genesis 19:21, 25, 29 (J), Deuteronomy 29:22; Jeremiah 20:16; Lamentations 4:6 (compare וגו׳ מַהְפֵּכַת Amos 4:11 see below; also הֲפֵכָה, [מַהְמֵּכָה]); city of Ammon 2 Samuel 10:3 = 1 Chronicles 19:3 (object omitted); mountains Job 9:5; Job 28:9; throne Haggai 2:22 (|| הִשְׁמִיד), chariots Haggai 2:22; tent (אֹהֶל), לְמַ֫עְלָה ה׳ Judges 7:3; object earth (ה׳ = devastate) Job 12:15; wicked men Amos 4:11 (וְאֶת־ אֶת־סְדֹס אֱלֹהִים כְּמַהְפֵּכַת בָּכֶם הָפַכְּתִּי יֲמֹרָה) Proverbs 12:7; Job 34:25 (object omitted).
c. turn = change, transform
(1) followed by accusative = alter; a colour (עֵינוֺ) Leviticus 13:55 (P); skin Jeremiah 13:33; bed (מִשְׁכָּבוֺ see מ׳; Che his lying down) Psalm 41:4 i.e. restore to health;
(2) pervert דִבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים Jeremiah 23:36;
(3) followed by accusative with Infinitive Psalm 105:25 he turned their heart to hate his people;
(4) turn to, into, followed by two accusative Leviticus 13:10; Psalm 114:8 rock into pool of water; usually followed by accusative + לְ, Psalm 66:6 sea into dry land, Psalm 78:44 rivers into blood, compare Psalm 105:29; Jeremiah 31:13 mourning into joy, so Psalm 30:12; Amos 5:7 justice into wormwood, compare Amos 6:12; Amos 8:10 feasts into mourning; Deuteronomy 23:6 = Nehemiah 13:2 curse into blessing; Amos 5:8 death-shade into morning.
2. intransitive
a. turn, turn back, Judges 20:39, 41; 2 Kings 5:26; Psalm 78:9; 2 Chronicles 9:12; followed by לדרך 1 Samuel 25:12;
b. turn = change, change into, followed by predicate adjective לָבָן ה׳ turn white Leviticus 13:3, 4, 13, 20 (all P).
Niph. Perfect נֶהְפַּךְ Exodus 7:15 + 10 times; נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ Job 20:14; וְנֶהְפַּךְ consecutive Leviticus 13:16; נֶהֶפְכָה Lamentations 5:2; 3rd person masculine plural נֶהְפְּכוּ Job 19:19 + 3 times, נֶהֶפְכוּ 1 Samuel 4:19; Daniel 10:16, וְנֶהֶפְכוּ consecutive Exodus 7:17; Isaiah 34:9, etc.; Imperfect יֵהָפֵךְ Isaiah 60:5; Joel 3:4; וַיֵּהָפֵךְ Exodus 14:5; Isaiah 63:10; 2nd person masculine singular תֵּהָפֵךְ Job 30:21; Ezekiel 4:8; וַיֵּהָֽפְכוּ Exodus 7:20; Infinitive absolute נַהֲפוֺךְ Esther 9:1; Participle נֶהְפָּךְ Proverbs 17:20; נֶהְפָּ֑כֶת Jonah 3:4; —
1. reflexive & intransitive.
a. turn oneself, turn, turn back (compare Qal 2 a) Joshua 8:20 (JE); turn aside Psalm 78:57; turn from side to side Ezekiel 4:8; pains turned upon (עַל) her 1 Samuel 4:19 (i.e. came suddenly upon her) compare Daniel 10:16; turn against followed by בְּ Job 19:19; turn to (ward), followed by עַל, Isaiah 60:5 (|| בא לְ).
b. turn = change (oneself) followed by predicate adjective Leviticus 13:25 (P); followed by predicate noun (?), vine turns into degenerate plant Jeremiah 2:21; no predicate expressed Job 20:14 (compare Job 20:14b); of heart turned in compassion Hosea 11:8 (|| נִכְמְרוּ נִחוּמָ֑י), in sorrow, distress, Lamentations 1:20; of heart changed, so as to be favourably disposed toward (followed by אֶל) Exodus 14:5 (J) = change of mind; followed by לְ, of plague spots changing colour Leviticus 13:16, 17 (P); rod changing to serpent Exodus 7:15 (P); faces to paleness Jeremiah 30:6; dance to mourning Lamentations 5:15; comeliness to corruption Daniel 10:8; וַיֵּהָפֵךְ לָהֶם לְאוֺיֵב Isaiah 63:10; Job 30:21.
c. be perverse, only participle used substantive בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ נֶהפָּךְ Proverbs 17:20 he that is perverse with his tongue.
2. passive,
a. be turned, turned over to followed by לְ, an inheritance to strangers Lamentations 5:2.
b. be reversed Esther 9:1.
c. be turned, changed, followed by לְ, waters into blood Exodus 7:17, 20 (E); Saul into another man 1 Samuel 10:6; streams into pitch Isaiah 34:9; sun to darkness Joel 3:4; stones to chaff Job 41:20; month changed from sorrow to gladness Esther 9:22; compare Psalm 32:4 where complement omitted
d. be overturned, overthrown, of city Nineveh Jonah 3:4.
e. be upturned, of subterran. work of miners Job 28:5 = there is an upturning.
Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּתְהַפֵּךְ Job 38:14; Participle מִתְהַפֵּךְ Judges 7:13; Job 37:12; מִתְהַפֶּכֶת Genesis 3:24; — reflexive & intransitive:
1. turn this way & that, every way, of the flaming sword Genesis 3:24 (J); storm-cloud Job 37:12; turn over & over Judges 7:13, of bread-cake tumbling into the host of Midian.
2. transform oneself, Job 38:14 of earth under rising dawn.
Hoph. Perfect בַּלָּהוֺת עָלַי הָהְפַּךְ Job 30:15 there have been turned upon me terrors (compare הִתְגַּלְגָּ֑לוּ Job 30:14, of foes).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:24; 3:24; 19:21; 19:21; 19:25; 19:25; 19:29; 19:29

Exodus

7:15; 7:15; 7:17; 7:17; 7:20; 7:20; 10:19; 14:5; 14:5

Leviticus

13:3; 13:3; 13:4; 13:10; 13:13; 13:16; 13:16; 13:17; 13:20; 13:25; 13:55

Deuteronomy

23:6; 29:22

Joshua

7:8; 8:20

Judges

7:3; 7:13; 7:13; 7:13; 20:39; 20:41

1 Samuel

4:19; 4:19; 10:6; 10:9; 10:9; 25:12; 25:12

2 Samuel

10:3; 10:3

1 Kings

22:34; 22:34

2 Kings

5:26; 9:23; 21:13; 21:13

1 Chronicles

19:3; 19:3

2 Chronicles

9:12; 9:12; 18:33; 18:33

Nehemiah

13:2

Esther

9:1; 9:1; 9:22

Job

9:5; 12:15; 12:15; 19:19; 19:19; 20:14; 20:14; 20:14; 28:5; 28:9; 30:14; 30:15; 30:21; 30:21; 34:25; 34:25; 37:12; 37:12; 38:14; 38:14; 41:20

Psalms

30:12; 32:4; 41:4; 66:6; 78:9; 78:9; 78:44; 78:57; 105:25; 105:29; 114:8; 114:8

Proverbs

12:7; 12:7; 17:20; 17:20

Isaiah

29:16; 34:9; 34:9; 60:5; 60:5; 63:10; 63:10

Jeremiah

2:21; 13:23; 20:16; 23:36; 23:36; 30:6; 31:13

Lamentations

1:20; 3:3; 3:3; 4:6; 4:6; 5:2; 5:2; 5:15

Ezekiel

4:8; 4:8

Daniel

10:8; 10:16; 10:16

Hosea

7:8; 7:8; 11:8

Joel

3:4; 3:4

Amos

4:11; 4:11; 5:7; 5:7; 5:8; 5:8; 6:12; 6:12; 8:10

Jonah

3:4; 3:4

Zephaniah

3:9; 3:9

Haggai

2:22; 2:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2015 matches the Hebrew הָפַךְ (hāp̄aḵ),
which occurs 94 times in 92 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Job 38:14–Hag 2:22)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 -

“It is changed H2015 like clay under the seal;

And they stand forth like clothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:28 -

“The [fn]arrow cannot make it flee;

Slingstones are turned H2015 into stubble for it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 -

You have turned H2015 for me my mourning into dancing;

You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 -

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;

My [fn]vitality was drained H2015 away as with the heat of summer. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 -

Yahweh will sustain him upon his sickbed;

In his illness, You [fn]restore H2015 him to health.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 -

He turned H2015 the sea into dry land;

They passed through the river on foot;

There let us be glad in Him!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 -

The sons of Ephraim [fn]were archers equipped with bows,

Yet they turned H2015 back H2015 in the day of battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:44 -

And turned H2015 their rivers to blood,

And their streams, they could not drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:57 -

But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers;

They turned H2015 aside H2015 like a treacherous bow.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:25 -

He turned H2015 their heart to hate His people,

To deal craftily with His slaves.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:29 -

He turned H2015 their waters into blood

And caused their fish to die.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 -

Who turned H2015 the rock into a pool of water,

The flint into a spring of water.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:7 -

The wicked are overthrown H2015 and are no more,

But the house of the righteous will stand.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:20 -

He who has a crooked heart finds no good,

And he who is perverted H2015 in his tongue falls into evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:9 -

[fn]And its streams will be turned H2015 into pitch,

And its dust into brimstone,

And its land will become burning pitch.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:5 -

“Then you will see and be radiant,

And your heart will tremble and be large with joy;

Because the abundance of the sea will be turned H2015 to you,

The wealth of the nations will come to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 -

But they rebelled

And grieved His Holy Spirit;

Therefore He turned H2015 Himself to become their enemy;

He fought against them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 -

“Yet I planted you a choice vine,

A completely true seed.

How then have you turned H2015 yourself before Me

Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:23 -

“Can the Ethiopian change H2015 his skin

Or the leopard his spots?

Then you also can do good

Who are accustomed to doing evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:16 -

But let that man be like the cities

Which Yahweh overthrew H2015 without [fn]relenting,

And let him hear an outcry in the morning

And a [fn]shout of war at noon,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:36 - “For you will no longer remember the oracle of Yahweh because every man’s own word will become the oracle, and you have perverted H2015 the words of the living God, Yahweh of hosts, our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6 -

‘Ask now, and see

If a male can give birth.

Why do I see every man

With his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth?

And why have all faces turned H2015 pale?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 -

“Then the virgin will be glad in the dance,

And the young men and the old, together,

For I will turn H2015 their mourning into joy

And will comfort them and give them gladness for their sorrow.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 -

Resh

“See, O Yahweh, for I am in distress;

My [fn]inmost being is greatly disturbed;

My heart is overturned H2015 within me,

For I have been very rebellious.

In the street the sword bereaves;

In the house it is like death.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:3 -

Surely against me He has turned H2015 His hand

Repeatedly all the day.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:6 -

Vav

So the [fn]iniquity of the daughter of my people

Is greater than the [fn]sin of Sodom,

Which was overthrown H2015 as in a moment,

And no hands [fn]whirled toward her.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:2 -

Our inheritance has been turned H2015 over to strangers,

Our houses to foreigners.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 -

The joy of our hearts has ceased;

Our dancing has been turned H2015 into mourning.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - “Now behold, I will set ropes upon you so that you cannot turn H2015 from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:8 - So I alone remained and saw this great vision that appeared; yet no might remained in me, for my outward splendor turned H2015 to [fn]a deathly pallor, and I retained no might.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 -

And behold, one [fn]in the likeness of the sons of men was touching my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, “O my lord, as a result of the vision that appeared, pains have come H2015 upon me, and I have retained no might.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:8 -

Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples;

Ephraim has become a cake not turned H2015.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8 -

How can I give you up, O Ephraim?

How can I surrender you, O Israel?

How can I give you over to be like Admah?

How can I make you like Zeboiim?

My heart is turned H2015 over H2015 within Me;

[fn]All My compassions are stirred.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31 -

“The sun will be turned H2015 into darkness

And the moon into blood

Before the great and awesome day of Yahweh comes.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:11 -

“I overthrew H2015 you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,

And you were like a firebrand [fn]delivered from a blaze;

Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7 -

For those who overturn H2015 justice into wormwood

And put righteousness down to the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8 -

He who made the Pleiades and Orion

And overturns H2015 the shadow of death into morning,

[fn]Who also darkens day into night,

Who calls for the waters of the sea

And pours them out on the surface of the earth,

Yahweh is His name.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12 -

Do horses run on rocks?

Or does one plow [fn]them with oxen?

Yet you have overturned H2015 justice into gall

And the fruit of righteousness into [fn]wormwood,

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 -

“Then I will overturn H2015 your feasts into mourning

And all your songs into [fn]lamentation;

And I will bring up sackcloth on everyone’s loins

And baldness on every head.

And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,

And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4 - Then Jonah began to go into the city, one day’s walk; and he called out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown H2015.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 -

“For then I will change H2015 them to peoples with purified lips,

That all of them may call on the name of Yahweh,

To serve Him [fn]shoulder to shoulder.

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - ‘I will overthrow H2015 the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the [fn]nations; and I will overthrow H2015 the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by the sword of another.’

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