מַהְפֵּכָה
mah.pe.khahoverthrowHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine6 occurrences4 books6 verses
Definition
from H2015; a destruction
Traditional renderings: when...overthrew, overthrow(-n).
Traditional renderings: when...overthrew, overthrow(-n).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מַהְפֵּכָה:
- καταστρέφωkatastrephō“to overturn”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Deuteronomy 29:23כְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞ת · just like the destructionAll its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
- Isaiah 1:7כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֥ת · demolishedYour land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
- Isaiah 13:19כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֣ת · overthrownAnd Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 49:18כְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞ת · were overthrownAs Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
- Jeremiah 50:40כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֨ת · overthrewAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
- Amos 4:11כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֤ת · as I overthrew“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.