Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4115 - מַהְפֶּכֶת mahpeketh (stocks (instrument of punishment))

Original Word:	מַהְפֶּכֶת
Transliteration:	mahpeketh
Definition:	stocks (instrument of punishment)
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(mah-peh'-keth)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

prison, stocks

From haphak; a wrench, i.e. The stocks -- prison, stocks.

see HEBREW haphak

Englishman's Concordance

1) stocks
1a) similar instrument of punishment (compelling crooked posture or distorting)
1b) house of stocks, prison-house
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2015
Same Word by TWOT Number: 512e

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַהְמֶּ֫כֶתnoun femininestocks or similar instrument of punishment (compelling crooked posture, or distorting), mentioned rather late; as punishment for Jeremiah אֲשֶׁר בְּשֹׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן׳הַמּJeremiah 20:2 (ᵐ5εἱς τὸν καταράκτην κ.τ.λ.), compare ׳אֶלהַֿמּJeremiah 29:26 (ᵐ5εἰς τὸ ἀπόκλεισμα; "" אֶלהַֿצִּינֹק, ᵐ5εἰς τὸν καταράκτην, but order of words perhaps reversed in ᵐ5); הַמַּהְמָּ֑כֶתJeremiah 20:3; בֵּית הַמַּהְמֶּכֶת assigned also to Asa's time 2 Chronicles 16:10 (ᵐ5εἰς φυλακήν; ᵐ5^Lεἰς οἶκον φυλακῆς; compare Acts 16:24, where εἰς τὴν ἐσωτέραν φυλακήν, + εἰς τὸ ξύλον).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4115. מַהְפָּ֫כֶת (mahpeketh) — 4 Occurrences

2 Chronicles 16:10
HEB:וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֙הוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית הַמַּהְפֶּ֔כֶת כִּֽי־ בְזַ֥עַף
KJV: and put him in a prison house;
INT: and put house A prison for was enraged

Jeremiah 20:2
HEB:אֹת֜וֹ עַל־ הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶת אֲשֶׁ֨ר בְּשַׁ֤עַר
NAS: and put him in the stocks that were at the upper
KJV: and put him in the stocks that [were] in the high
INT: and put in the stocks which Gate

Jeremiah 20:3
HEB:יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ מִן־ הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶת וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו
NAS: Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah
KJV: Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said
INT: Jeremiah from the stocks said about

Jeremiah 29:26
HEB:אֹת֛וֹ אֶל־ הַמַּהְפֶּ֖כֶת וְאֶל־ הַצִּינֹֽק׃
NAS: to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar,
KJV: that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
INT: to put in the stocks and the iron

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