Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2967

טַרְפְּלָיֵא

tar.pe.lay · “officials”

Used 1 times across 1 book

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

Where it appears

Ezra

In the text

Ezra 4:9Then 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,

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