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overthrow, destruction — specifically of Sodom and Gomorrah
A noun denoting violent overthrow or destruction, especially associated with the catastrophic judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah. The term became paradigmatic for divine judgment, with later prophets regularly invoking 'the overthrow' as shorthand for total destruction. Genesis uses this to describe God's complete devastation of the cities of the plain.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — All translations preserve the definite article and render this as 'overthrow' (English) or 'destrucción' (Spanish, destruction). The Assyrian cognate 'abiktu' provides linguistic parallel. Genesis 19:29 uses this to summarize God's judgment on the cities where Lot lived, an event so memorable it became the biblical archetype for divine wrath. 1×
VIOLENCE_CONFLICT › Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill › Destruction and Decay
AR["الْقَلْبِ"]·ben["-উল্টানোর"]·DE["der-Umkehrung"]·EN["the-overthrow"]·FR["le-renverser"]·heb["ה-הפכה"]·HI["उलतव-के"]·ID["penghancuran-itu"]·IT["il-overthrow"]·jav["ewah-punika"]·KO["멸망의"]·PT["a-destruição"]·RU["ниспровержения"]·ES["la-destrucción"]·SW["kuzunguja"]·TR["-yıkımın"]·urd["تباہی-کے"]
Gen 19:29
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† הֲפֵכָה n.f. overthrow (cf. especially Assyrian abiktu DlW), of the cities (of the plain) Gn 19:29; cf. [מַהְפֵּכָה" dir="rtl" >מַהְפֵּכָה] and הָפַךְ" dir="rtl" >הָפַךְ 1 b.