Hebrew adjective · H8602
תָּפֵל
tapheltaw-fale'
insipid; whitewash
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tâphêl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8602is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8602
plaster (as gummy) or slime; (figuratively) frivolity
The King James renders it: foolish things, unsavoury, untempered.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
taphel is rendered "insipid; whitewash". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Five of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "insipid".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 6:6Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
Job 6:6תָּ֭פֵל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's seven uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: insipid, and whitewash.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| insipidStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJob 6:6Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg? |
| whitewashStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- whitewash5
- and sham1
- tasteless1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְתָפֵ֔ל1
- תָפֵ֖ל1
- תָּ֭פֵל1
- תָּפֵ֛ל1
- תָּפֵ֑ל1
- תָּפֵ֔ל1
- תָּפֵֽל׃1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular5HNcmsa
- number (cardinal) · masculine singular1HAcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singular1HC/Acmsa
Job
one use
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
- תָּ֭פֵלtafelnumber (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: tasteless
Lamentations
one use
The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
- וְתָפֵ֔לvetafelconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine singulartagged: and sham
Ezekiel
five uses
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
- תָּפֵֽל׃tafelnoun · masculine singulartagged: whitewash
tell 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.
- תָפֵ֖לtafelnoun · masculine singulartagged: whitewash
I 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.
- תָּפֵ֛לtafelnoun · masculine singulartagged: whitewash
And 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—
- תָּפֵ֑לtafelnoun · masculine singulartagged: whitewash
Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
- תָּפֵ֔לtafelnoun · masculine singulartagged: whitewash
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.