Strong's Lexicon

H4658

H4658 — מַפֶּלֶת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmappelethnoun femOccurrences: 8TWOT: 1392e

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4658
Word:	מַפֶּלֶת
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H5307
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	8
Transliteration:	mappeleth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	map-peh'-leth
Meaning:	1. fall, i.e. decadence 2. (concretely) a ruin 3. (specifically) a carcass
KJV Renderings:	carcase, fall, ruin.

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BDB5302

מַפֶּ֫לֶת noun feminine carcass, ruin, overthrow; —

1. carcass, of lion, ׳ מ construct Judg 14:8.

2. elsewhere suffix

a. a ruin, מַפַּלְתּוֺ Ezek 31:13 (kg. under figure of tree).

b. overthrow, id. Ezek 31:16 (same figurative); מַפַּלְתֶּ֑ךָ (kg.) Ezek 32:10 מַפַּלְתֵּךְ of Tyre) Ezek 26:15; Ezek 26:18; Ezek 27:27 מַפַּלְתָּם (of wicked) Prov 29:16.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מפלת (map-peh’-leth)

Judges 14:8

KJV: And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

EHCC: aside to see the carease of the lion:

Proverbs 29:16

KJV: When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

EHCC: the righteous shall see their fall.

Proverbs 27:27

KJV: And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.maintenance: Heb. life

EHCC: in the day of thy ruin.

Proverbs 31:13

KJV: She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

EHCC: Upon Ais ruin shall all the fowls...remain,

Proverbs 16:1

KJV: The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.preparations: or, disposings

EHCC: made the nations to shake at the sound

Proverbs 92:10

EHCC: his own life, in the day of thy fall.