Tel תֵּל
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| תֵּל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tel |
| Strong's number | H8510 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | mound |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Joshua (2) |
Tel (Hebrew תֵּל, Strong's H8510) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “mound”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) mound, heap, heap of ruins
1a) mound (of ruin-heap of city)
1b) mound, hill (of elevation on which city stood)
1a) mound (of ruin-heap of city)
1b) mound, hill (of elevation on which city stood)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | heap (4), strength (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | mound of ruins (1), heap of ruins (1), their mounds (1), own ruins (1), heap (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tel, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 13:16And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
Joshua
- Joshua 8:28And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.
- Joshua 11:13But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 30:18Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
- Jeremiah 49:2Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
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).