Lexical Definition

‎טוֹפָפָה‎ ṭôwphâphâh (to-faw-faw') phylacteries ^H:N-F
from an unused root meaning to go around or bind

frontlet.

• a fillet for the forehead

1) bands, phylacteries, frontlets, marks

See Greek: ἀσάλευτος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎טוֺטָפוֺת‎ noun feminine plural bands (Late Hebrew ‎טוֺטֶפֶת‎ Aramaic ‎טוֺטֶפְתָּא‎ and especially plural ‎טוטפין‎ id.) — always bands, frontlet-bands, between the eyes (|| ‎אוֺת על יד‎; compare ‎זִכָּרוֺן בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ‎ Exod 13:9 || id.); figurative of dedication of firstborn ‎וְהָיָה ֗֗֗ לְטוֺטָפֹת בין עיניך‎ Exod 13:16 (JE); of commandments of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎׳‎‎וְהָיוּ לְטו‎ Deut 11:18 and ‎וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפת‎ Deut 6:8. — This injunction, originally figurative for perpetual remembrance (otherwise Kn, and Klein^{l.c. 666 ff.}, see above, Benz^{Archaeology 111} Now^{Archaeology i. 134}), was taken literally by later Jews, and hence the custom of wearing phylacteries; see Di (on Exod 13:16) Winer^RE Ri^HWB (article Denkzettel) Smith^{Dict. Bib.} (article Frontlets) Sta^{ZAW 1894, 312 f.}, 317. ‎טִיחַ‎ see below ‎טוּחַ‎. ‎טִיט‎ see below ‎טוּט‎. ‎טִירָה‎ see below ‎טוּר‎. ‎טַל‎ see below I. ‎טלל‎. below

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