Definition
from an unused root meaning to smear; plaster (as gummy) or slime; (figuratively) frivolity
Traditional renderings: foolish things, unsavoury, untempered.
Traditional renderings: foolish things, unsavoury, untempered.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders תָּפֵל:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Job 6:6תָּ֭פֵל · Is tasteless foodIs tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
- Lamentations 2:14וְתָפֵ֔ל · and deceptiveThe 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.
- Ezekiel 13:10תָּפֵֽל׃Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
- Ezekiel 13:11תָפֵ֖ל…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.
- Ezekiel 13:14תָּפֵ֛לI 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.
- Ezekiel 13:15תָּפֵ֑לAnd 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—
- Ezekiel 22:28תָּפֵ֔ל · whitewashHer prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.