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Strong's H2015 הָפַךְ (haphak)

Haphak means “change” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2015 — epiphaneia (“appearing”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2015
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 92
Books 28

Strong's H2015 Quick Answer

Strong's H2015 הָפַך (haphak) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. haphak (haw-fak') v. 1. to turn about or over 2. (by implication) to change, overturn, return, pervert It has 92 linked Bible usages across 28 books. Visible English usage signals include turned, turn, come, overturneth, and turneth. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
haphak (haw-fak') v. 1. to turn about or over 2. (by implication) to change, overturn, return, pervert
Usage
92 linked usages
Books
28 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
turned, turn, come, overturneth, and turneth

Meaning and Definition

haphak (haw-fak') v. 1. to turn about or over 2. (by implication) to change, overturn, return, pervert [a primitive root] KJV: X become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).

Original Word
הָפַך
Transliteration
haphak
Derivation
Root: הפך
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2015. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to overturn

Usage: 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

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How Strong's H2015 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render haphak, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

turned Exodus 7:15 54× turn Leviticus 13:16 come 1 Chronicles 19:3 overturneth Job 9:5 turneth Joshua 7:8 about Judges 20:39 become Job 30:21 came 1 Samuel 4:19 change Jeremiah 13:23 overthrew Genesis 19:25 overthrow Genesis 19:21 overturn Job 12:15 overturned Judges 7:13 perverted Jeremiah 23:36 returned Amos 4:11 turning 2 Kings 21:13

How Strong's H2015 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 92 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2015 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2015 in the Old Testament

92 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 3:24 KJV

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 19:21 KJV

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Genesis 19:25 KJV

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

Usage Excerpts

First 92 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2015.

Genesis 3:24 Old Testament, KJV
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Genesis 19:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
Genesis 19:25 Old Testament, KJV
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Genesis 19:29 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Exodus 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
Exodus 7:17 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
Exodus 7:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
Exodus 10:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
Exodus 14:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
Leviticus 13:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
Leviticus 13:4 Old Testament, KJV
If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
Leviticus 13:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
Leviticus 13:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
Leviticus 13:16 Old Testament, KJV
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
Leviticus 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
Leviticus 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
Leviticus 13:25 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:55 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.
Deuteronomy 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
Deuteronomy 29:23 Old Testament, KJV
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Joshua 7:8 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
Joshua 8:20 Old Testament, KJV
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
Judges 7:13 Old Testament, KJV
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Judges 20:39 Old Testament, KJV
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
Judges 20:41 Old Testament, KJV
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
1 Samuel 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
1 Samuel 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
1 Samuel 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
1 Samuel 25:12 Old Testament, KJV
So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
2 Samuel 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
1 Kings 22:34 Old Testament, KJV
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
2 Kings 5:26 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
2 Kings 9:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
2 Kings 21:13 Old Testament, KJV
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
1 Chronicles 19:3 Old Testament, KJV
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
2 Chronicles 9:12 Old Testament, KJV
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
2 Chronicles 18:33 Old Testament, KJV
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
Nehemiah 13:2 Old Testament, KJV
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Esther 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Esther 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Job 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
Job 12:15 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Job 19:19 Old Testament, KJV
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Job 20:14 Old Testament, KJV
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Job 28:5 Old Testament, KJV
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
Job 28:9 Old Testament, KJV
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Job 30:15 Old Testament, KJV
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Job 30:21 Old Testament, KJV
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
Job 34:25 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
Job 37:12 Old Testament, KJV
And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
Job 38:14 Old Testament, KJV
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Job 41:28 Old Testament, KJV
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Psalms 30:11 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Psalms 32:4 Old Testament, KJV
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Psalms 41:3 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Psalms 66:6 Old Testament, KJV
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
Psalms 78:9 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Psalms 78:44 Old Testament, KJV
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
Psalms 78:57 Old Testament, KJV
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Psalms 105:25 Old Testament, KJV
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
Psalms 105:29 Old Testament, KJV
He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
Psalms 114:8 Old Testament, KJV
Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Proverbs 12:7 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Proverbs 17:20 Old Testament, KJV
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Isaiah 34:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
Isaiah 60:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
Isaiah 63:10 Old Testament, KJV
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
Jeremiah 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
Jeremiah 13:23 Old Testament, KJV
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Jeremiah 20:16 Old Testament, KJV
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
Jeremiah 23:36 Old Testament, KJV
And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
Jeremiah 30:6 Old Testament, KJV
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Jeremiah 31:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Lamentations 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Lamentations 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
Lamentations 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
Lamentations 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Lamentations 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Ezekiel 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
Daniel 10:8 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
Daniel 10:16 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
Hosea 7:8 Old Testament, KJV
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Hosea 11:8 Old Testament, KJV
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Joel 2:31 Old Testament, KJV
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
Amos 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Amos 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
Amos 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
Amos 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Jonah 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Zephaniah 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
Haggai 2:22 Old Testament, KJV
And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2015, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 9 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 12 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 10 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 5 usages, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2015 FAQ

What does haphak (הָפַךְ) mean?

Haphak (Strong's H2015) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "change". haphak (haw-fak') v. 1. to turn about or over 2. (by implication) to change, overturn, return, pervert

How many times is haphak (הָפַךְ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 92 linked usages for Strong's H2015 across 28 books.

Where can I study haphak (הָפַךְ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2015 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate haphak (הָפַךְ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as turned, turn, come, overturneth, turneth, and overthrow. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.