Word Study · Strong's H8602 · Hebrew
תָּפֵל
taphel
taw-fale'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tâphêl
“plaster (as gummy) or slime”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
plaster (as gummy) or slime; (figuratively) frivolity
Rendered in the KJV as
foolish things, unsavoury, untempered.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- וְתָפֵ֔ל1
- תָפֵ֖ל1
- תָּ֭פֵל1
- תָּפֵ֛ל1
- תָּפֵ֑ל1
- תָּפֵ֔ל1
- תָּפֵֽל׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- whitewash5
- and sham1
- tasteless [food]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular5
- number (cardinal) · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 5
- HAcmsa · 1
- HC/Acmsa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 13:10תָּפֵֽל׃tafelnoun · masculine singularBecause they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,here: whitewash
- Ezekiel 13:11תָפֵ֖לtafelnoun · masculine singulartell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.here: whitewash
- Ezekiel 13:14תָּפֵ֛לtafelnoun · masculine singularI will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.here: whitewash
- Ezekiel 13:15תָּפֵ֑לtafelnoun · masculine singularAnd after I have vented My wrath against the wall and against those who whitewashed it, I will say to you: ‘The wall is gone, and so are those who whitewashed it—here: whitewash
- Ezekiel 22:28תָּפֵ֔לtafelnoun · masculine singularHer prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.here: whitewash