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Lexicon :: Strong's H4115 - mahpeḵeṯ

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מַהְפֶּכֶת
Transliteration
mahpeḵeṯ
Pronunciation
mah-peh'-keth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 (Greek Version of the LXX εἱς τὸν καταράκτην κ.τ.λ.), compare אֶלהַֿמּ׳ Jeremiah 29:26 (Greek Version of the LXX εἰς τὸ ἀπόκλεισμα; || אֶלהַֿצִּינֹק, Greek Version of the LXX εἰς τὸν καταράκτην, but order of words perhaps reversed in Greek Version of the LXX); הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶת Jeremiah 20:3; הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת בֵּית assigned also to Asa's time 2 Chronicles 16:10 (Greek Version of the LXX εἰς φυλακήν; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 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

H4115

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4115 matches the Hebrew מַהְפֶּכֶת (mahpeḵeṯ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:10 - Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:3 - The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call your name Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26 - ‘The LORD has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have charge in the house of the LORD over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and neck irons.
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