Strong H4115מַהְפֶּ֫כֶת
stocks
- Transliteration
- mahpeketh
- Pronunciation
- mah-peh'-keth
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From H2015; a {wrench} that {is} the stocks: - {prison} stocks.
Detailed definition
1) stocks
1a) similar instrument of punishment (compelling crooked posture or distorting)
1b) house of stocks, prison-house
1a) similar instrument of punishment (compelling crooked posture or distorting)
1b) house of stocks, prison-house
In the Bible
Strong H4115 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- prison2
- stock2
First verses
- 2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
- Jeremiah 20:2Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 20:3And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib.
- Jeremiah 29:26The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.