הָפַךְ

Strong’s Definition

to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

[idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to turn, overthrow, overturn
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(hithpael)
• 5.(hophal) to turn on someone

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: hâphak; Pronunciation: haw-fak'