תַּהְפֻּכָה
tahpukâh · tah-poo-kaw'
a perversity or fraud
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2015 (הָפַךְ);
a perversity or fraud
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (very) froward(-ness, thing), perverse thing.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold › to speak, the word › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold that works to speak, the word of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תַּהְפֻּכָה 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- froward things2 · 20%
- shall be: for they are a very froward1 · 10%
- in the frowardness1 · 10%
- frowardness1 · 10%
- and the froward1 · 10%
- but the froward1 · 10%
- speaketh frowardness1 · 10%
- a froward1 · 10%
- perverse things1 · 10%
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.