Strong H4114מַהְפֵּכָה
overthrow
- Transliteration
- mahpêkâh
- Pronunciation
- mah-pay-kaw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From H2015; a destruction: - when . . . {overthrew} overthrow (-n).
Detailed definition
1) overthrow, destruction
1a) always of Sodom and Gomorrah
1a) always of Sodom and Gomorrah
In the Bible
Strong H4114 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- overthrew3
- overthrow2
- overthrown1
First verses
- Deuteronomy 29:23And 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 Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
- Isaiah 1:7Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
- Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 49:18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
- Jeremiah 50:40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
- Amos 4:11I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.