Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2967: טַרְפְּלַי

Ṭarpᵉlay · pronounced tar-pel-ah'-ee · “officials”

Definition

a Tarpelite (collectively) or inhabitants of Tarpel, a place in Assyria

KJV translates it as: Tarpelites. y

Word origin: (Aramaic) from a name of foreign derivation;

Extended definition

§ Tarpelites = "they of the fallen (or wondrous) mountain"
the group of Assyrian colonists who were planted in the cities of Samaria after the captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel; identity uncertain

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How H2967 is translated

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Bible verses with H2967 (Ṭarpᵉlay)

Ṭarpᵉlay appears in 1 verse.

  • Ezra 4:9

    Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,