Tachpanchêç — H8471

Definition

locative proper noun

Tachpanches, Techaphneches or Tachpenes, a place in Egypt

1. Tahpanhes or Tahapanes or Tehaphnehes = "thou will fill hands with pity"
2. a city in Egypt; modern 'Tel Defenneh' or 'Tel Defneh' located approx 18 miles (29 km) east southeast from Tanis

Usually translated as

Tahpanhes, Tahapanes, Tehaphnehes

Origin

or Tᵉchaphnᵉchêç; (Ezekiel 30:18), or Tachpᵉnêç; (Jeremiah 2:16), of Egyptian derivation

Occurrences

Tachpanchêç occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (6), Ezekiel (1)

• Jeremiah 2:16 — Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes (וְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס) have broken the crown of thy head.
• Jeremiah 43:7 — So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes (תַּחְפַּנְחֵֽס).
• Jeremiah 43:8 — Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes (בְּתַחְפַּנְחֵ֖ס), saying,
• Jeremiah 43:9 — Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes (בְּתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס), in the sight of the men of Judah;
• Jeremiah 44:1 — The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes (וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֣ס), and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
• Jeremiah 46:14 — Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes (וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס): say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
• Ezekiel 30:18 — At Tehaphnehes (וּבִֽתְחַפְנְחֵס֙) also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.