Strong's Lexicon

H4114

H4114 — מַהפֵּכָה

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

Hebrewmahpekahnoun femOccurrences: 6TWOT: 512d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4114
Word:	מַהפֵּכָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H2015
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	mahpekah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mah-pay-kaw'
Meaning:	1. a destruction
KJV Renderings:	when...overthrew, overthrow(-n).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2215

[מַהְפֵּכָה] noun feminine overthrow — always construct מַהְפֵּכַת; & always of overthrow of Sodom, Gomorrah etc., except Isa 1:7 זָרִים ׳ מ, where read סְדֹם (Ew Che RS^{Proph. 345} Di and others; also Lag^{Semitic i.
3}); yet even so probably gloss, compare Stu^{JPTh 1877,
714}; סְדֹם ׳ מ Deut 29:22; Jer 49:18 and with force of verbal noun, governing accusative, אלהים אתסֿדם ׳ מ Isa 13:19; Jer 50:40; Amos 4:11. compare also הָפַךְ 1.b., הֲפֵכָה.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מהפכה (mah-pēh-chāh’)

Deuteronomy 29:23

KJV: And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

EHCC: (22). like the overthrow of Solom,

Deuteronomy 13:19

EHCC: a8 when God orien Sot (it a

Deuteronomy 60:40

EHCC: ds God et ee --