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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:10 - Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:3 - But the next day Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. When he did, Jeremiah said to him, "The LORD's name for you is not 'Pashhur' but 'Terror is Everywhere.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26 - "The LORD has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. He has put you in charge in the LORD's temple of controlling any lunatic who pretends to be a prophet. And it is your duty to put any such person in the stocks with an iron collar around his neck.
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