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 a prison 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 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶתThen Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that [were] in the high gate of Benjamin, which [was] by the house of the LORD.Jeremiah 20:3 · הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶתAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.Jeremiah 29:26 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֖כֶתThe 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, and in the stocks.