Tophel — the meaning of the Hebrew name תֹּפֶל

תֹּפֶל

Tôphel · pronounced to'-fel · Strong's H8603 · a place

Tophel means quagmire.

Built from

תָּפֵל tâphêl (the same as, H8602) — plaster (as gummy) or slime open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from the same as H8602; quagmire; Tophel, a place near the Desert.

First appearance

Deut 1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. (KJV)

Every verse that names Tophel

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Deuteronomy

Deut 1:1

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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