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
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2 Chronicles 16:10 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֔כֶתAnd Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for he is in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth some of the people at that time.Jeremiah 20:2 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶתand Pashhur smiteth Jeremiah the prophet, and putteth him unto the stocks, that are by the high gate of Benjamin, that is by the house of Jehovah.Jeremiah 20:3 · הַמַּהְפָּ֑כֶתand it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur bringeth out Jeremiah from the stocks, and Jeremiah saith unto him, ‘Not Pashhur hath Jehovah called thy name, but—Magor-Missabib.Jeremiah 29:26 · הַמַּהְפֶּ֖כֶתJehovah hath made thee priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, for there being inspectors of the house of Jehovah, for every one mad and making himself a prophet, and thou hast put him unto the torture and unto the stocks.