Strong’s H4115 · Hebrew

מַהְפֶּכֶת
mahpeketh
mah-peh'-keth

Definition

a wrench, i.e. the stocks

Etymology

from H2015 (הָפַךְ);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • prison
  • stocks

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.