Strong's Definition
from 2015; a wrench, i.e. the stocks
KJV Usage: prison, stocks
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מַהְפֶּ֫כֶת (mah.pe.khet) — stocks. 1) stocks 1a) similar instrument of punishment (compelling crooked posture or distorting) 1b) house of stocks, prison-house
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · הפך
Cords | ≈ צִינֹק
stocks = frame with holes for one's feet and possibly wrists as well; ◄ made out of wood; ► used to lock up prisoners so that they cannot move anymore
Prisons
Collocation: בֵּית הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת
prison literally: house of stocks; hence: = building in which a person is kept in captivity, probably with his feet (and wrists) in stocks, usually as punishment for something considered unlawful
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַהְפֶּ֫כֶת n.f. stocks or similar instrum. of punishment base