הָפַךְ
hâphak · haw-fak'
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
- to turn about or over
- by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › to speak, the word › the open hand that covers
To reveal, behold that works to speak, the word of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הָפַךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
94 occurrences · 94 OT · 0 NT · 79 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is turned7 · 14%
- turned6 · 12%
- are turned5 · 10%
- he turned3 · 6%
- and i will overthrow2 · 4%
- which was turned2 · 4%
- be turned2 · 4%
- and to overthrow2 · 4%
- was turned2 · 4%
- turned back2 · 4%
- overthrew2 · 4%
- turn2 · 4%
- and he overthrew1 · 2%
- turneth1 · 2%
- have not changed1 · 2%
- also, that i will not overthrow1 · 2%
- and be changed1 · 2%
- it is all turned1 · 2%
- and it have turned1 · 2%
- thereof be not turned1 · 2%
- were turned1 · 2%
- thereof be turned1 · 2%
- and they shall be turned1 · 2%
- when he overthrew1 · 2%
- which turned every way1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.