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Jeremiah 50:40
“As 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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4114 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a destruction
- Derivation
- from H2015 (הָפַךְ);
- KJV renderings
- when...overthrew, overthrow(-n).
- Grammar
- כְּ — preposition
- מַהְפֵּכַ֨ת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 29:22Isaiah 1:7Isaiah 13:19Jeremiah 49:18Amos 4:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַהְפֵּכָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.