הָפַךְhâphak
turn, overturn
Pronunciation: haw-fak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2015
Meanings
Qal: construct, active (Leviticus 13:3; 2 Kings 21:13; Job 34:25)
1.
a. turn, turn about, turn over (Joshua 7:8; 2 Kings 21:13; 1 Kings 22:34)
b. overturn, overthrow (Genesis 19:21; Genesis 19:25; Genesis 19:29)
c. turn = change, transform (Leviticus 13:55; Jeremiah 13:33; Psalms 41:4)
2. intransitive
a. turn, turn back (Judges 20:39; Judges 20:41; 2 Kings 5:26)
b. turn = change, change into (Leviticus 13:3; Leviticus 13:4; Leviticus 13:13)
Niph`al
1. reflexive
a. turn oneself, turn, turn back (Joshua 8:20; Psalms 78:57; Ezekiel 4:8)
b. turn = change (oneself) (Leviticus 13:25; Jeremiah 2:21; Job 20:14)
c. be perverse (Proverbs 17:20)
2. passive
a. be turned, turned over to (Lamentations 5:2)
b. be reversed (Esther 9:1)
c. be turned, changed (Exodus 7:17; Exodus 7:20; 1 Samuel 10:6)
d. be overturned, overthrown (Jonah 3:4)
e. be upturned (Job 28:5)
Hithpa`el: reflexive & intransitive (Job 38:14; Judges 7:13; Job 37:12)
1. turn this way & that, every way (Genesis 3:24; Job 37:12; Judges 7:13)
2. transform oneself (Job 38:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 94 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 3:24 After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
- Genesis 19:21 “All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village.
- Genesis 19:25 He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation.
- Genesis 19:29 But God had listened to Abraham’s request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.
- Exodus 7:15 So go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes down to the river. Stand on the bank of the Nile and meet him there. Be sure to take along the staff that turned into a snake.
- Exodus 7:17 So this is what the Lord says: “I will show you that I am the Lord.” Look! I will strike the water of the Nile with this staff in my hand, and the river will turn to blood.
See every passage
- Genesis 3:24, 19:21, 19:25, 19:29
- Exodus 7:15, 7:17, 7:20, 10:19, 14:5
- Leviticus 13:3, 13:4, 13:10, 13:13, 13:16, 13:17, 13:20, 13:25, 13:55
- Deuteronomy 23:5, 29:23
- Joshua 7:8, 8:20
- Judges 7:13, 20:39, 20:41
- 1 Samuel 4:19, 10:6, 10:9, 25:12
- 2 Samuel 10:3
- 1 Kings 22:34
- 2 Kings 5:26, 9:23, 21:13
- 1 Chronicles 19:3
- 2 Chronicles 9:12, 18:33
- Nehemiah 13:2
- Esther 9:1, 9:22
- Job 9:5, 12:15, 19:19, 20:14, 28:5, 28:9, 30:15, 30:21, 34:25, 37:12, 38:14, 41:28
- Psalms 30:11, 32:4, 41:3, 66:6, 78:9, 78:44, 78:57, 105:25, 105:29, 114:8
- Proverbs 12:7, 17:20
- Isaiah 34:9, 60:5, 63:10
- Jeremiah 2:21, 13:23, 20:16, 23:36, 30:6, 31:13
- Lamentations 1:20, 3:3, 4:6, 5:2, 5:15
- Ezekiel 4:8
- Daniel 10:8, 10:16
- Hosea 7:8, 11:8
- Joel 2:31
- Amos 4:11, 5:7, 5:8, 6:12, 8:10
- Jonah 3:4
- Zephaniah 3:9
- Haggai 2:22
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).