Strong H8471תַּחְפַּנְחֵס

Tahpanhes

Transliteration
tachpanchês techaphnechês tachpenês
Pronunciation
takh-pan-khace' tekh-af-nekh-ace' (etc.)
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

(The second form used in ); (the third form used in ); of Egyptian derivation;
{Tachpanches} Techaphneches or {Tachpenes} a place in Egypt: - {Tahapanes} {Tahpanhes} Tehaphnehes.

Meaning of the name

Tahpanhes or Tahapanes or Tehaphnehes = "thou will fill hands with pity"

Detailed definition

Tahpanhes (or Tehaphnehes), an Egyptian city where Jewish refugees, including Jeremiah, settled after the destruction of Jerusalem (Jer. 43:7-9; 44:1; 46:14; Ezek. 30:18).

In the biblical story

Tahpanhes

Egyptian city where Jewish refugees fled after Jerusalem's destruction

Tahpanhes (or Tehaphnehes), an Egyptian city where Jewish refugees, including Jeremiah, settled after the destruction of Jerusalem (Jer. 43:7-9; 44:1; 46:14; Ezek. 30:18).

In the Bible

Strong H8471 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • tahpanhes5
  • tahapanes1
  • tehaphnehes1

First verses

  1. Jeremiah 2:16
    Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
  2. Jeremiah 43:7
    So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
  3. Jeremiah 43:8
    Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
  4. Jeremiah 43:9
    Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
  5. Jeremiah 44:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
  6. Jeremiah 46:14
    Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
  7. Ezekiel 30:18
    At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
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