H4658 מַפֶּלֶת (mappeleth) map-peh'-leth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

carcass

Strong's Definition

fall, i.e. decadence; concretely, a ruin; specifically a carcase

Derivation: from H5307 (נָפַל);

KJV Usage: carcase, fall, ruin.

TWOT Reference: 1392e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) carcass, ruin, overthrow

1a) carcass

1b) ruin, overthrow

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4430 G4431

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַפֶּ֫לֶת (map.pe.let) — carcass. 1) carcass, ruin, overthrow 1a) carcass 1b) ruin, overthrow

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַפֶּלֶת (H4658)

noun f · נפל

carcass, dead body literally: what has fallen; hence: = the body of a dead animal

JDG 14:8

Vegetation

fallen tree = remainder of a fallen tree

EZK 31:13

Unsafe

downfall literally: fall; hence: = process by which an individual or nation loses power, prosperity or status

PRO 29:16 · EZK 26:15 · EZK 26:18 · EZK 27:27 · EZK 31:16 · EZK 32:10

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַפֶּ֫לֶת n.f. carcass, ruin, overthrow;— carcass, of lion

elsewh. sf. a ruin

overthrow

base

Bible Occurrences (8)

14:8

29:16

26:15 26:18 27:27 31:13 31:16 32:10

Judges 14:8

When [Samson] returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in [it]... was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.

Proverbs 29:16

When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

Ezekiel 26:15

This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded... groan at the slaughter in your midst?

Ezekiel 26:18

Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.

Ezekiel 27:27

Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights..., your merchants... and all the warriors... within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.

Ezekiel 31:13

All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.

Ezekiel 31:16

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees..., were consoled in the earth below.

Ezekiel 32:10

I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror... because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.