Contrariness
הֶ֫פֶךְStrong’s H2016hephekh (he-phekh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Hephekh is the Hebrew word usually translated “contrariness”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.”
Meaning
- Contrary, opposite, a difference, reversed, contrariness, perversity
How it's translated
- contrariness 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
הֶ֫פֶךְ hephekh · contrariness
contrary, opposite, a difference, reversed, contrariness, perversity
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “contrariness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONTRARINESS, noun
Contrariety; opposition.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.