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H8510 תֵּל (têl) tale

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

mound

Strong's Definition

a mound

Derivation: by contraction from H8524 (תָּלַל);

KJV Usage: heap, [idiom] strength.

TWOT Reference: 2513a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) mound, heap, heap of ruins
1a) mound (of ruin-heap of city)
1b) mound, hill (of elevation on which city stood)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תֵּל (tel) — mound. 1) mound, heap, heap of ruins 1a) mound (of ruin-heap of city) 1b) mound, hill (of elevation on which city stood)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · תָּלוּל

Landforms

mound = a slightly elevated area ► used for building a town

JOS 11:13

Landforms

heap of ruins, mound = a mound formed from the ruins of a destroyed city

DEU 13:17 · JOS 8:28 · JER 30:18 · JER 49:2

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תֵּל n.[m.] mound mound, ruin-heap (of city)

mound or hill on which city stood

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Bible Occurrences (5)

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