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 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֔כֶתAsa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.Jeremiah 20:2 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶתhe had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.Jeremiah 20:3 · הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶתThe next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.Jeremiah 29:26 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֖כֶת‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.