Strong's Lexicon

H2016

H2016 — הֶפֶך הֵפֶך

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewhepheknoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 512a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2016
Word:	הֶפֶך הֵפֶך
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2015
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	hephek
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	heh'-fek (or hephek {hay'-fek}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a turn, i.e. the reverse
KJV Renderings:	contrary.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2212

הֶ֫פֶךְ noun masculine the contrary, contrariness, perversity; — absolute ׳ ה Ezek 16:34 הֶ֑פֶךְ Ezek 16:34 suffix הַפְכְּכֶם Isa 29:16 (see Baer); —

1. the contrary, opposite thing וַיְהִיבָֿךְ הֶפֶךְ מִןהַֿנָּשִׁים Ezek 16:34 & there hath occurred in thee the contrary from other women; Ezek 16:34 וַתְּהִי לְהֶ֑פֶךְ so thou hast become the contrary.

2. הַפְכְּכֶם Isa 29:16 Oh, your perversity!

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הפך (heh’-phech)

Concordance entry

EHCC: arc is in thee — therefore thou art contrary. |