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Tophel

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(mortar). A place east of the Dead Sea near Bozrah (Deut. 1:1¹These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. (Deuteronomy 1:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Place in the wilderness, mentioned only in Deuteronomy 1:1¹These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. (Deuteronomy 1:1). Identified by some with et Tafileh, a very fertile region, south-east of the Dead Sea, 30° 56' N, 35° 37' E.

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Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

8603 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Tophel

Phonic:

to’-fel

Meaning:

from the same as 8602; quagmire; Tophel, a place near the Desert

KJV Usage:

Tophel

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

unseasonable

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

A murmuring; ruin; decay; foolishness; quagmire:―place near the desert, Deut. 1:1. {Murmuratio}