Metaphysical meaning of Tarpelites (mbd)
Tarpelites, tär'-pel-ites (fr. Heb.)--plunderers, ravishers; despoilers.
Assyrian colonists in Samaria (Ezra 4:9).
Meta. The violent and destructive tendency (ravishers) of the phase of intellectual thought that is represented by the Assyrians. (See ASSYRIA and ASSYRIANS.)
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Preceding Entry: Tarea
Following Entry: Tarshish