1) stocks 1a) similar instrument of punishment (compelling crooked posture or distorting) 1b) house of stocks, prison-house
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H4115 — מַהְפֶּ֫כֶת
mah.pe.khet · stocks · Hebrew/Aramaic
4 tagged verse occurrences
2 Chronicles 16:10 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֔כֶתThen Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.Jeremiah 20:2 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶתThen Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.Jeremiah 20:3 · הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶתAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.Jeremiah 29:26 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֖כֶתJehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Jehovah, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in shackles.