Mapelah מַפֵּלָה
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| מַפֵּלָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mapelah |
| Strong's number | H4654 (H4654B, H4654A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | ruin |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
Mapelah (Hebrew מַפֵּלָה, Strong's H4654) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “ruin”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H4654B: ruin
a ruin
Also means: map.pa.lah (מַפָּלָה "ruin" H4654A)
Also means: map.pa.lah (מַפָּלָה "ruin" H4654A)
H4654A: ruin
a ruin
Another spelling of ma.pe.lah (מַפֵּלָה "ruin" H4654B)
Another spelling of ma.pe.lah (מַפֵּלָה "ruin" H4654B)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | ruin (2), ruinous (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | ruin (2), ruins (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mapelah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 17:1The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
- Isaiah 23:13Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.Look at the land of the Chaldeans— a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
- Isaiah 25:2For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).