מַפֶּלֶתmappeleth

carcass, ruin, overthrow

Pronunciation: map-peh'-leth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4658

Meanings

1. carcass (Judges 14:8)

2.

a. a ruin (Ezekiel 31:13)

b. overthrow (Ezekiel 31:16; Ezekiel 32:10; Ezekiel 26:15)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 14:8 Later, when he returned to Timnah for the wedding, he turned off the path to look at the carcass of the lion. And he found that a swarm of bees had made some honey in the carcass.
  • Proverbs 29:16 When the wicked are in authority, sin flourishes, but the godly will live to see their downfall.
  • Ezekiel 26:15 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: The whole coastline will tremble at the sound of your fall, as the screams of the wounded echo in the continuing slaughter.
  • Ezekiel 26:18 Now the coastlands tremble at your fall. The islands are dismayed as you disappear.
  • Ezekiel 27:27 Everything is lost— your riches and wares, your sailors and pilots, your ship builders, merchants, and warriors. On the day of your ruin, everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.
  • Ezekiel 31:13 “The birds roost on its fallen trunk, and the wild animals lie among its branches.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).