תַּהְפֻּכָה

tahpucha · perversity

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8419 · appears 10 times in the Bible

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What it means

tahpucha (תַּהְפֻּכָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “perversity”.

Turning things upside down; deceit.

How to say it

tah·pu·cha

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Twisted words that turn good upside down.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Deuteronomy 32:20

    And he said, ‘I will hide my face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a generation of perversities, children in whom there is no faithfulness.

  • Proverbs 2:12

    to rescue you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversities,

  • Proverbs 2:14

    who rejoice in doing evil, and exult in the perversities of evil,

  • Proverbs 6:14

    perversities are in his heart; he plots evil at all times; he sends out quarrels.

  • Proverbs 8:13

    The fear of YHWH is to hate evil; arrogance and pride and the way of evil and the mouth of perversities I hate.

  • Proverbs 10:31

    The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the tongue of perversities will be cut off.

  • Proverbs 10:32

    The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the mouth of the wicked, perversities.

  • Proverbs 16:28

    A man of perversities spreads strife, and a grumbler separates close friends.

  • Proverbs 16:30

    Whoever shuts his eyes does it to devise perversities; whoever purses his lips has brought about evil.

  • Proverbs 23:33

    Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will speak perversities.