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Lexicon :: Strong's H5034 - nāḇēl

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נָבֵל
Transliteration
nāḇēl
Pronunciation
naw-bale'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1286

Strong’s Definitions

נָבֵל nâbêl, naw-bale'; a primitive root; to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace:—disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, × surely, make vile, wither.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H5034 in the following manner: fade (8x), fade away (3x), wear away (2x), wither (2x), disgrace (1x), surely (1x), dishonoureth (1x), fall down (1x), esteemed (1x), falling (1x), foolishly (1x), come to nought (1x), fall off (1x), surely (1x), make vile (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H5034 in the following manner: fade (8x), fade away (3x), wear away (2x), wither (2x), disgrace (1x), surely (1x), dishonoureth (1x), fall down (1x), esteemed (1x), falling (1x), foolishly (1x), come to nought (1x), fall off (1x), surely (1x), make vile (1x).

  1. to be senseless, be foolish

    1. (Qal) to be foolish

    2. (Piel)

      1. to regard or treat as foolish

      2. to treat with contempt

  2. to sink or drop down, languish, wither and fall, fade

    1. (Qal)

      1. to sink or drop down

      2. to fall, wither and fall, fade

      3. to droop

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבֵל nâbêl, naw-bale'; a primitive root; to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace:—disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, × surely, make vile, wither.
STRONGS H5034: Abbreviations
† II. נָבַל verb be senseless, foolish (Late Hebrew נְבָלָה, נַבְלוּת of immodesty; Arabic bdb061401 = (per contra) be noble, distinguished, bdb061402 also be gracious (Frey); Aramaic נְבַל Pa. reject, despise, see Targum Nehemiah 3:6; Jeremiah 14:21; in derivatives as Late Hebrew); —
Qal = be foolish Proverbs 30:32 is doubted by Frankenb Toy (where see various renderings), and others, who think text corrupt. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular נָבַלְתָּ Proverbs 30:32 if thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself (opposed to זַמּוֺתָ).
Pi. Perfect 1st person singular suffix consecutive וְנִבַּלְתִּיךְ Nahum 3:6; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיְנַבֵּל Deuteronomy 32:15; 2nd person masculine singular תְּנַבֵּל Jeremiah 14:21; Participle מִנַבֵּל Micah 7:6; — regard or treat as a נָבָל (which see), i.e. with contumely, with accusative: בֵּן מְנַבֵּל אָב Micah 7:6 son treateth father as a fool (with contumely); וַיְנ׳ צוּר Deuteronomy 32:15 and he treated with contumely the Rock of his salvation (i.e. י׳; || נטשִׁ); י׳ subject, Nahum 3:6 I will treat thee (Nineveh) with contumely (|| וְהִשְׂלַכְתִּ֫י צָלַיִךְ שִׁקֻּצִים); Jeremiah 14:21 do not treat with contumely the throne of thy glory (|| נאץ).

נָבֵל verb sink or drop down, languish, wither and fall, fade (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian nabâlu, destroy, DlHWB 443 f. Arabic bdb061501 v, VIII. die; Aramaic נְבֵילָא corpse); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נ׳ Isaiah 40:7, 8; Jeremiah 8:13; 3rd person feminine singular נָֽבְלָה Isaiah 24:4 (twice in verse); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִבּוֺל Psalm 1:3 + 4 times (on form compare Ges§ 43, 3, R, 1, h Ol§ 246 e) 2nd person masculine singular תִּבֹּל Exodus 18:18; 3rd person masculine plural יִבֹּלוּ 2 Samuel 22:46 = Psalm 18:46, יִבּוֺל֑וּן Psalm 37:2; 1st person plural וַנָּ֫בֶל Isaiah 64:5 (on form compare Di and Ol§ 236 e); Infinitive absolute נָבֹל Exodus 18:18; construct נְבֹל Isaiah 34:4; Participle נֹבֵל Isaiah 28:1, 4; feminine נֹבֶ֫לָת absolute Isaiah 34:4; construct Isaiah 1:30; —
1. sink or drop down, from exhaustion נָבֹל תִּכֹּל Exodus 18:18 (Moses and Israel); from discouragement 2 Samuel 22:46 = Psalm 18:46 (of foreigners, foes of Israel); of mountain יִבּוֺל הַרנֹֿפֵל Job 14:18 (but יִפּוֹל נָפוֺל LagProph. Chald. Siegf Baer, after Greek Version of the LXX, so Bu [or יִבְלֶה]; Du נָבוֺל יִכּוֺל).
2. usually fall like a leaf, or flower wither and fall, fade: כְּאֵלָה נֹבֶ֫לֶת עֶָֽֽֽלהָ Isaiah 1:30 like an oak falling as to it leaves (simile of people of Jerusalem); the host of heaven יִבּוֺל כִּנְבֹל עָלֶה מגֶּפֶן וּכְנֹבֶלֶת מִתְּאֵנָה Isaiah 34:4; עָלֵהוּ לֹא יִבּ׳ Ezekiel 47:12 (trees in Ezekiel's vision), so figurative of good man Psalm 1:3; of Israel Jeremiah 8:13, וַנָּ֫בֶל כֶּעָלֶה Isaiah 64:5; also נָבֵל צִיץ Isaiah 40:7, 8 (both || יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר), צִיץ נֹבֵל Isaiah 28:1; compare Isaiah 28:4; of wicked כְּיֶרֶק דֶּשֶׁא יִבּ׳ Psalm 37:2: (|| כֶּחָצִיר יִמָּ֑לוּ); of devastated earth נָֽבְלָה אֻמְלְלָה הָאָרֶַץ נָֽבְלָה אָֽבְלָה תֵּבֵ֑ל Isaiah 24:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

18:18; 18:18; 18:18

Deuteronomy

32:15; 32:15

2 Samuel

22:46; 22:46

Nehemiah

3:6

Job

14:18

Psalms

1:3; 1:3; 18:46; 18:46; 37:2; 37:2

Proverbs

30:32; 30:32

Isaiah

1:30; 1:30; 24:4; 24:4; 28:1; 28:1; 28:4; 28:4; 34:4; 34:4; 34:4; 40:7; 40:7; 40:8; 40:8; 64:5; 64:5

Jeremiah

8:13; 8:13; 14:21; 14:21; 14:21

Ezekiel

47:12

Micah

7:6; 7:6

Nahum

3:6; 3:6

H5034

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Strong's Number H5034 matches the Hebrew נָבֵל (nāḇēl),
which occurs 25 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18 - thou wilt wear away with intolerable weariness, both thou and all this people which is with thee: this thing is hard, thou wilt not be able to endure it thyself alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - So Jacob ate and was filled, and the beloved one kicked; he grew fat, he became thick and broad: then he forsook the God that made him, and departed from God his Saviour.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 - The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding-places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:18 - And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:3 - And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:45 - (LXX 17:46) The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2 - (LXX 36:2) For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:32 - If thou abandon thyself to mirth, and stretch forth thine hand in a quarrel, thou shalt be disgraced.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:30 - For they shall be as a turpentine tree that has cast its leaves, and as a garden that has no water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth mourns, and the world is ruined, the lofty ones of the earth are mourning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe to the crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, the flower that has fallen from the glory of the top of the fertile mountain, they that are drunken without wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - And the fading flower of the [fn]glorious hope on the top of the high mountain shall be as the early fig; he that sees it, before he takes it into his hand, will desire to swallow it down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4 - And all the powers of the heavens shall melt, and the sky shall be rolled up like a scroll: and all the stars shall fall like leaves from a vine, and as leaves fall from a fig-tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:7 - The grass withers, and the flower fades:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:8 - but the word of our God abides for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6 - (LXX 64:5) and we are all become as unclean, and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have [fn]fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry us away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:13 - There are no grapes on the vines, and there are no figs on the fig-trees, and the leaves have fallen off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:21 - Refrain for thy name's sake, destroy not the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - And every fruit tree shall grow by the river, even on the bank of it on this side and on that side: they shall not decay upon it, neither shall their fruit fail: they shall bring forth the first-fruit of their early crop, for these their waters come forth of the sanctuary: and their fruit shall be for meat, and their foliage for health.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6 - For the son dishonours his father, the daughter will rise up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: those in his house shall be all a man's enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:6 - And I will cast abominable filth upon thee according to thine unclean ways, and will make thee a public example.
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