Strong's H2967 (Aramaic)

Aramaic: טַרְפְּלַי (Ṭarpᵉlay)

Pronunciation: tar-pel-ah'-ee

Morphology: n-m

Name Meaning: Tarpelites = "they of the fallen (or wondrous) mountain"

Derivation: (Aramaic) from a name of foreign derivation

Definition: a Tarpelite (collectively) or inhabitants of Tarpel, a place in Assyria

KJV Renderings: Tarpelites. y

Senses

1. the group of Assyrian colonists who were planted in the cities of Samaria after the captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel; identity uncertain