Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
KJV Usage: X become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
הָפַךְ (ha.phakh) — to overturn. 1) to turn, overthrow, overturn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to overturn, overthrow 1a2) to turn, turn about, turn over, turn around 1a3) to change, transform 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, turn, turn back 1b2) to change oneself 1b3) to be perverse 1b4) to be turned, be turned over, be changed, be turned against 1b5) to be reversed 1b6) to be overturned, be overthrown 1b7) to be upturned 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to transform oneself 1c2) to turn this way and that, turn every way 1d) (Hophal) to turn on someone
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · הֵפֶךְ · הֲפֵכָה · הֲפַכְפַּךְ · מַהְפֵּכָה · מַהְפֶּכֶת · תַּהְפֻּכֹות
Turn | verb qal, verb nif
to turn, to turn around, to turn back = action by which humans turn their body around in order to face a different direction than before
JOS 8:20 · JDG 20:39 · JDG 20:41 · 1SA 25:12 · 2KI 5:26 · 2CH 9:12 · PSA 78:9 · EZK 4:8
Turn | verb qal
Collocation: הפך עֹרֶף
to turn (one's) back (to flee) literally: to turn one's neck; hence: = action by which humans turn around in order to flee
Turn | verb qal
to overturn = causative action by which humans or deities turn an object upside down
Turn | Impact | verb qal
to overturn = causative action by which forces or deities forcefully remove an object from its place and turn it upside down, which implies destruction
Turn | verb qal
Collocation: הפך יָד
to turn (a chariot) literally: to turn (one's) hand(s); hence: = causative action by which a charioteer causes his vehicle to turn around giving a firm pull on the reins of the horse
Turn | Move | verb hit
to turn, to whirl, to swirl around = process by which objects move into a certain direction while turning around their axis
Change | verb nif
to change = process by which events take on a different nature
EXO 14:5 · EST 9:1 · EST 9:22 · PSA 32:4 · LAM 1:20 · LAM 5:15 · DAN 10:8 · HOS 11:8
Change | verb qal
to change = causative process by which humans or deities give events a different nature
DEU 23:6 · NEH 13:2 · JOB 34:25 · PSA 30:12 · PSA 41:4 · PSA 105:25 · JER 23:36 · JER 31:13 · AMO 5:7 · AMO 5:8 · AMO 6:12 · AMO 8:10 · ZEP 3:9
Chastise | verb qal
Collocation: הפך יָד
to punish literally: to turn (one's) hand (to); hence: = action by which deities punish humans
Different | verb nif, verb qal, verb hit
to change, to turn into, to become = process by which humans, deities, or objects take on a different nature, character, or form
EXO 7:15 · EXO 7:17 · EXO 7:20 · LEV 13:3 · LEV 13:4 · LEV 13:13 · LEV 13:16 · LEV 13:17 · LEV 13:20 · LEV 13:25 · 1SA 10:6 · JOB 19:19 · JOB 20:14 · JOB 28:5 · JOB 30:21 · JOB 38:14 · JOB 41:20 · PSA 78:57 · PRO 17:20 · ISA 34:9 · ISA 63:10 · JER 2:21 · JER 30:6 · JOL 3:4
Different | verb qal
to change, to turn into = causative process by which humans, deities, or forces give (other) humans or objects a different nature, character, or form
EXO 10:19 · LEV 13:10 · 1SA 10:9 · PSA 66:6 · PSA 78:44 · PSA 105:29 · PSA 114:8 · JER 13:23
Different | verb qal
Collocation: הפך עַיִן
to change (its) appearance literally: to change (its) appearance; hence: = process by which an object starts to look differently
Impact | verb qal, verb nif
to overthrow, to destroy = causative action by which humans or deities destroy an object completely ◄ as if by turning it completely upside down
GEN 19:21 · GEN 19:25 · GEN 19:29 · DEU 29:22 · 2SA 10:3 · 1CH 19:3 · JOB 12:15 · PRO 12:7 · JER 20:16 · LAM 4:6 · AMO 4:11 · JON 3:4 · HAG 2:22 · HAG 2:22
Happen | verb nif, verb hof
to come upon = process by which difficult circumstances start to affect humans
1 JOB 34:25 RSV "overturns (them in the night)" (cf. NRSV NIV REB CEV GNT) | NJPS "(night) is over"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
הָפַךְ vb. turn, overturn Qal trans. turn, turn about, turn over
overturn, overthrow
turn = change, transform
intrans. turn, turn back
turn = change, change into
Niph. reflex. & intrans. turn oneself, turn, turn back
turn = change (oneself)
be perverse
pass. be turned, turn over to
be reversed
be turned, changed
be overturned, overthrown
be upturned, of subterran. work of miners
Hithp. turn this way & that, every way
transform oneself
Hoph. there have been turned upon me terrors
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