Words the Bible translates as overthrow
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- haphakhהָפַךְto overthrow and destroy, tearing a place down so completely that it is left upended in ruin
+3 more meanings
- to turn something over, around, or back, so a new side or heading faces out
- to change one thing into its opposite, turning a state, condition, or substance into something else
- to pervert or twist, turning what is straight and right into something crooked
- harasהָרַסto tear down: to pull a standing structure or settled order apart so it collapses into ruin.
- na'arנָעַרto shake something so that whatever is clinging to it comes loose and is thrown away
- daḥahדָּחָהto shove hard: to push a person or thing over so that it goes down
- salaphסָלַףto twist something so far that it goes over: to wrench honest words until a just case comes out crooked, or to upend people and leave them in ruin
- mahpekhahמַהְפֵּכָהoverthrownot studied yet
- haphekhahהֲפֵכָהoverthrownot studied yet
- megarמְגַרto overthrownot studied yet
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