3 occurrences in 3 dictionaries
Reference: Tarpelites
Fausets
Ezr 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).
Hastings
One of the peoples settled in the cities of Samaria (Ezr 4:9); text doubtful.
Morish
Tar'pelites
Colonists placed in Samaria from some unknown district. Ezr 4:9.