Strong's Definition
plaster (as gummy) or slime; (figuratively) frivolity
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to smear;
KJV Usage: foolish things, unsavoury, untempered.
TWOT Reference: 2534a,2535a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תָּפֵל (ta.phel) — insipid. adj 1) foolish, insipid 2) (BDB) tasteless, unseasoned
תָּפֵל (ta.phel) — whitewash. whitewash
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · תפל · טפל
Food
tasteless food, insipid food = food that does not have much taste ◄ due to the lack of salt
Paint
whitewash = lime mixed with water; ► painted on walls to make them white and cover ugly rough surfaces; it does not strengthen a structure but only beautifies it; ≈ for that reason it is often associated with efforts to make something appear different from what it actually is
False | ≈ שָׁוְא
whitewash > deception, fraud = state in which an event cannot be relied on to be true and trustworthy; ◄ like an ugly and/or badly constructed wall that has been covered with whitewash
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תָּפֵל adj. tasteless, unseasoned; fig. of unsatisfying prophecies base
תָּפֵל n.[m.] whitewash;—applied to wall base