Mappâlâh — H4654
H4654 · Hebrew — מפלה
Pronunciation: map-paw-law'
Other spellings: mappêlâh מַפֵּלָה
Definition
feminine noun
something fallen, i.e. a ruin
- a ruin
Usually translated as
ruin, ruinous
Origin
or mappêlâh; from H5307
Greek equivalents
Occurrences
Mappâlâh occurs 3 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (3)
- Isaiah 17:1 — The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous (מַפָּלָֽה) heap.
- Isaiah 23:13 — Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin (לְמַפֵּלָֽה).
- Isaiah 25:2 — For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin (לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה): a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Strong's Lexicon — M