הֶפֶךְ
hepek
the contrary
Strong's H2016NounHebrewTWOT 512a

הֶפֶךְ (hepek) is a Hebrew noun meaning the contrary. It appears 2 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2016).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 512a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 512a)the contrary, contrariness, perversity; opposite thing; turn, reverse, upset; turning of things upside down
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

הֶ֫פֶךְ noun, masculine: the contrary, contrariness, perversity

Strong's H2016 הֶפֶךְ: a turn, i.e. the reverse
KJV:contrary.

Strong's H2017 הֹפֶךְ: an upset, i.e. (abstract) perversity
KJV:turning of things upside down.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 512: הָפַךְ hāpak — turn, overturn; turn about, turn over, overthrow, change, transform, turn back, change into; turn oneself, be perverse, turn over to, be reversed, changed, overthrown, be upturned; turn this way & that, every way…

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