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Lexicon :: Strong's H5036 - nāḇāl

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נָבָל
Transliteration
nāḇāl
Pronunciation
naw-bawl'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1285a

Strong’s Definitions

נָבָל nâbâl, naw-bawl'; from H5034; stupid; wicked (especially impious):—fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H5036 in the following manner: fool (9x), foolish (5x), vile person (2x), foolish man (1x), foolish women (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H5036 in the following manner: fool (9x), foolish (5x), vile person (2x), foolish man (1x), foolish women (1x).

  1. foolish, senseless, fool

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבָל nâbâl, naw-bawl'; from H5034; stupid; wicked (especially impious):—fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.
STRONGS H5036: Abbreviations
† I. נָבָל adjective foolish, senseless, especially of the man who has no perception of ethical and religious claims, and with collateral idea of ignoble, disgraceful; — absolute נ׳ 2 Samuel 3:33 + 14 times; masculine plural נְבָלִים 2 Samuel 13:13; Ezekiel 13:3 (Greek Version of the LXX Co מִלִּבָּם); feminine plural נְבָלוֺת Job 2:10; — senseless, especially of religious and moral insensibility: עַם נ׳ Deuteronomy 32:6 (of Israel, unappreciative of J.'s benefits; opposed to חָכָם), so of heathen nation Psalm 74:18 (blaspheming name of י׳), גּוֺי נ׳ Deuteronomy 32:21 (|| לֹא עָם); הַנְּבִאִים הַנּ׳ Ezekiel 13:3 (si vera lectio, see above); elsewhere as substantive (impious and presumptuous) fool, Isaiah 32:5 (opposed to נָדִיב noble-minded), characterized as at once irreligious and churlish, Isaiah 32:6; denying God Psalm 14:1 = Psalm 53:2; insulting God Psalm 74:22, and God's servant Psalm 39:9; Proverbs 17:7 arrogant speech becometh not the (impious and presumptuous) fool (whose faults it only makes the more conspicuous), much less do lying lips him that this is noble (נדיב), Proverbs 17:21 (|| כְּסִיל), Proverbs 30:22 ונבל כי ישׂבע לחם (one of the things under which the earth trembles), בְּנֵי נָבָל Job 30:8 i.e. ignoble men (|| בְּנֵי בְלִישֵֿׁם); as one who might be expected to have a contumelious end, ימות אבנר הַכְּמוֺת נ׳ 2 Samuel 3:33 was Abner (destined) to die, as a נ׳ dieth ? of the man who amasses riches unjustly ובאחריתו יהיה נבל Jeremiah 17:11 i.e. will prove himself to be a נ׳; as acting immorally (with collateral idea of disgracefully) 2 Samuel 13:13 ואתה תהיה כְּאַחַד הַנְּבָלִים בישׂראל (compare נְבָלָה); feminine only in כְּדַבֵּר אַחַת הַנְּבָלוֺת Job 2:10 (of Job's wife). compare DrDeuteronomy 22:21. 32, 6. 15.21; Psalt. 457.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

22:6; 22:15; 22:21; 22:21; 32:6; 32:21

2 Samuel

3:33; 3:33; 13:13; 13:13

Job

2:10; 2:10; 30:8

Psalms

14:1; 39:9; 53:2; 74:18; 74:22

Proverbs

17:7; 17:21; 30:22

Isaiah

32:5; 32:6

Jeremiah

17:11

Ezekiel

13:3; 13:3

H5036

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5036 matches the Hebrew נָבָל (nāḇāl),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father -- thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - They have made Me zealous by 'no-god,' They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by 'no-people,' By a foolish nation I make them angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: -- 'As the death of a fool doth Abner die?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - And I -- whither do I cause my reproach to go? and thou -- thou art as one of the fools in Israel; and now, speak, I pray thee, unto the king; for he doth not withhold me from thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - And he saith unto her, 'As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8 - Sons of folly -- even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8 - From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - To the Overseer. -- 'On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21 - Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22 - For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:5 - A fool is no more called 'noble,' And to a miser it is not said, 'rich;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:11 - A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3 - Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo unto the prophets who are foolish, Who are going after their own spirit, And they have seen nothing.
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