Insipid
תָּפֵלStrong’s H8602taphel (ta-phel)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Taphel is the Hebrew word usually translated “whitewash”, “tasteless” and “sham”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?”
Meaning
- Foolish, insipid
- (BDB) tasteless, unseasoned
- Whitewash
How it's translated
- whitewash 5
- tasteless 1
- and sham 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 5
- Job 1
- Lamentations 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Lamentations 2:14Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
- Ezekiel 13:10Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:
- Ezekiel 13:11Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
- Ezekiel 13:14So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 13:15Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
- Ezekiel 22:28And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
Hebrew dictionary
תָּפֵל taphel · insipid
adj 1) foolish, insipid 2) (BDB) tasteless, unseasoned
תָּפֵל taphel · whitewash
whitewash
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “insipid” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INSIP'ID, adjective
[Latin insipidus; in and sapidus, sapio, to taste.]
- Tasteless; destitute of taste; wanting the qualities which affect the organs of taste; vapid; as insipid liquor.
- Wanting spirit, life or animation; wanting pathos, or the power of exciting emotions; flat; dull; heavy; as an insipid address; an insipid composition.
- Wanting power to gratify desire; as insipid pleasure.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.