הָפַךְ haphakh
Hebrew word for “to overturn” · Strong’s H2015 · used 94 times in 92 verses
Meaning
1) to turn, overthrow, overturn;
How it is translated
Glosses given for haphakh in context, with how often each is used:
- turned 14
- changed 11
- has turned 7
- overthrew 4
- will be changed 4
- has been turned 3
- have turned 3
- turned back 2
- overthrow 2
- turn around 2
- overturns 2
- turned over 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job | 12 | 1.4 | |
| Psalms | 10 | 0.5 | |
| Leviticus | 9 | 0.8 | |
| Jeremiah | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Exodus | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Lamentations | 5 | 3.2 | |
| Amos | 5 | 2.4 | |
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Judges | 4 | 0.4 | |
| 1 Samuel | 4 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Kings | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 |
Also in 16 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 13 (9), Genesis 19 (3), Exodus 7 (3), Psalms 78 (3), Judges 20 (2), 1 Samuel 10 (2), Esther 9 (2), Job 28 (2), Job 30 (2), Psalms 105 (2)
Forms
- הפך 16
- נהפך 12
- ויהפך 10
- נהפכו 5
- והפכתי 4
- ונהפכו 3
- ויהפכו 3
- והפך 3
- יהפך 3
- ונהפך 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with haphakh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- לָבָן lavan “white” 8
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 13
- נֶגַע nega “plague” 7
- רָאָה raah “to see” 13
- עוֹר or “skin” 6
- שֵׂעָר sear “hair” 5
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 9
- מַי mayim “water” 8
- קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 5
- אֵבֶל evel “mourning” 4
- צָרַעַת tsaraat “leprosy” 4
- לֵב lev “heart” 7
Key verses
The verses using haphakh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 7:17 — Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river,…
- Deuteronomy 29:23 — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of…
- Psalms 30:11 — Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
- Isaiah 60:5 — Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces…
- Isaiah 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
- Jeremiah 2:21 — Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
- Lamentations 1:20 — Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at…
- Daniel 10:16 — And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord,…
- Hosea 11:8 — How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned…
- Amos 8:10 — And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and…
- Zephaniah 3:9 — For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
- Haggai 2:22 — And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.