Mahpêkâh — H4114
H4114 · Hebrew — מהפכה
Pronunciation: mah-pay-kaw'
Definition
feminine noun
a destruction
- overthrow, destruction
- always of Sodom and Gomorrah
Usually translated as
overthrow, overthrown, when...overthrew
Occurrences
Mahpêkâh occurs 6 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Amos (1)
- Deuteronomy 29:23 — 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 (כְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞ת) of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
- Isaiah 1:7 — Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown (כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֥ת) by strangers.
- Isaiah 13:19 — And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew (כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֣ת) Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 49:18 — As in the overthrow (כְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞ת) of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
- Jeremiah 50:40 — As God overthrew (כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֨ת) Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
- Amos 4:11 — I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew (כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֤ת) Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Strong's Lexicon — M