King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8602
Transliteration: taphel
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-fale')
Part of Speech: Adjective; noun masculine
Short Definition: tasteless, unseasoned
Meaning: plaster, slime, frivolity
Word Summary
taphel: tasteless, unseasoned
Original Word: תָּפֵלTransliteration: taphel
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-fale')
Part of Speech: Adjective; noun masculine
Short Definition: tasteless, unseasoned
Meaning: plaster, slime, frivolity
Strong's Concordance
foolish things, unsavory, untempered From an unused root meaning to smear; plaster (as gummy) or slime; (figuratively) frivolity -- foolish things, unsavoury, untempered.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8602. taphel
I. תָּפֵל adjective tasteless, unseasoned; — absolute ׳ת, as substantive Job 6:6; figurative of unsatisfying prophecies Lamentations 2:14 ( + שָׁוְא).
II. תָּפֵל noun [masculine] whitewash; — applied to wall, in Ezekiel's vision Ezekiel 13:10-11, 14, 15; figurative of false prophet 22:28.