Mahpeketh — H4115

Definition

feminine noun

a wrench, i.e. the stocks

1. stocks
1. similar instrument of punishment (compelling crooked posture or distorting)
2. house of stocks, prison-house

Usually translated as

prison, stocks

Origin

from H2015

• Derived from Hâphak (H2015)

Greek equivalents

• phylakḗ (G5438)

Occurrences

Mahpeketh occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Chronicles (1), Jeremiah (3)

• 2 Chronicles 16:10 — Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison (הַמַּהְפֶּ֔כֶת) house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
• Jeremiah 20:2 — Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks (הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶת) that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 20:3 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks (הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶת). Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
• Jeremiah 29:26 — The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison (הַמַּהְפֶּ֖כֶת), and in the stocks.