8510. tel
Strong's Lexicon
tel: Mound, heap, ruin

Original Word: תֵּל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: tel
Pronunciation: tehl
Phonetic Spelling: (tale)
Definition: Mound, heap, ruin
Meaning: a mound

Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to accumulate

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent for "tel," the concept of ruins or mounds can be related to Greek words like "ἐρείπιον" (ereipion), meaning ruin or wreckage.

Usage: The Hebrew word "tel" refers to a mound or heap, often used to describe ancient ruins or archaeological sites. In the biblical context, it typically denotes a raised area or hill that has accumulated over time due to the destruction and rebuilding of settlements. These mounds are significant in understanding the historical and cultural layers of ancient cities.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near East, cities were often built and rebuilt on the same site, leading to the formation of mounds known as "tels." These mounds are composed of layers of debris from successive human occupation. Archaeologists study tels to uncover the history and culture of ancient civilizations. In biblical times, tels were often strategic locations for cities due to their elevated position, providing defense and visibility.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a mound
NASB Translation
heap (2), mounds (1), ruin (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
תֵּל noun [masculine] mound; —

1 mound, ruin-heep (of city): construct תֵּל(ֿ)עוֺלָם Joshua 8:28 (JE), Deuteronomy 13:17, תֵּל שְׁמָמָה Jeremiah 49:2.

2 mound or hill on which city stood: suffix תִּלָּם Joshua 11:18 (D), תִּלָּתּ Jeremiah 30:18.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
heap, strength

By contraction from talal; a mound -- heap, X strength.

see HEBREW talal

Forms and Transliterations
לְתֵ֣ל לתל תִּלָּ֔הּ תִּלָּ֔ם תֵּ֣ל תֵּל־ תל תל־ תלה תלם lə·ṯêl leTel ləṯêl tel têl têl- til·lāh til·lām tilLah tillāh tilLam tillām
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Englishman's Concordance
Deuteronomy 13:16
HEB: אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְהָיְתָה֙ תֵּ֣ל עוֹלָ֔ם לֹ֥א
NAS: your God; and it shall be a ruin forever.
KJV: thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever;
INT: your God shall be a ruin forever shall never

Joshua 8:28
HEB: הָעָ֑י וַיְשִׂימֶ֤הָ תֵּל־ עוֹלָם֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה
NAS: and made it a heap forever,
KJV: and made it an heap for ever,
INT: Ai and made A heap forever A desolation

Joshua 11:13
HEB: הָעֹֽמְדוֹת֙ עַל־ תִּלָּ֔ם לֹ֥א שְׂרָפָ֖ם
NAS: that stood on their mounds, except
KJV: that stood still in their strength, Israel
INT: stood on their mounds did not burn

Jeremiah 30:18
HEB: עִיר֙ עַל־ תִּלָּ֔הּ וְאַרְמ֖וֹן עַל־
NAS: will be rebuilt on its ruin, And the palace
KJV: shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace
INT: and the city on ruin and the palace on

Jeremiah 49:2
HEB: מִלְחָמָ֗ה וְהָֽיְתָה֙ לְתֵ֣ל שְׁמָמָ֔ה וּבְנֹתֶ֖יהָ
NAS: a desolate heap, And her towns
KJV: and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters
INT: of war will become heap A desolate towns

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8510
5 Occurrences


lə·ṯêl — 1 Occ.
têl — 2 Occ.
til·lāh — 1 Occ.
til·lām — 1 Occ.
















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