tarpelites Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
tarpelites in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
TAR'PELITES , THE, an Assyrian people sent to colonize Samaria. Ezr 4:9.
tarpelites in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Ezra 4:9. Colonists planted in Samaria after Israel's deportation by Assyria. Conjectured to be the Tapyri, a Median tribe E. of Elymais (Ptolemy vi. 2, section 6), or the Tarpetes, a Maeotic race (Strabo, 11:495).