Tiphlâh — H8604

Definition

feminine noun

frivolity

1. that which is empty, folly, silly, foolish
2. (BDB) unsavouriness, unseemliness (moral)

Usually translated as

folly, foolishly

Origin

from the same as H8602

• Same as Tâphêl (H8602)

Occurrences

Tiphlâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Jeremiah (1)

• Job 1:22 — In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly (תִּפְלָ֖ה).
• Job 24:12 — Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly (תִּפְלָֽה) to them.
• Jeremiah 23:13 — And I have seen folly (תִפְלָ֑ה) in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.