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 angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.Jeremiah 20:2 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶתThen Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh.Jeremiah 20:3 · הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶתIt happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.Jeremiah 29:26 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֖כֶתYahweh has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Yahweh, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.