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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 Box Exo 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18 - You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - “But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked;
you grew fat, stout, and sleek;
then he forsook God who made him
and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:46

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 - Foreigners lost heart
and came trembling[fn] out of their fortresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:18 - “But the mountain falls and crumbles away,
and the rock is removed from its place;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:3 - He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:45 - Foreigners lost heart
and came trembling out of their fortresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2 - For they will soon fade like the grass
and wither like the green herb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:32 - If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
or if you have been devising evil,
put your hand on your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:30 - For you shall be like an oak
whose leaf withers,
and like a garden without water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley,
will be like a first-ripe fig[fn] before the summer:
when someone sees it, he swallows it
as soon as it is in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4 - All the host of heaven shall rot away,
and the skies roll up like a scroll.
All their host shall fall,
as leaves fall from the vine,
like leaves falling from the fig tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:7 - The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of the LORD blows on it;
surely the people are grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:8 - The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6 - We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:13 - When I would gather them, declares the LORD,
there are no grapes on the vine,
nor figs on the fig tree;
even the leaves are withered,
and what I gave them has passed away from them.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:21 - Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake;
do not dishonor your glorious throne;
remember and do not break your covenant with us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6 - for the son treats the father with contempt,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:6 - I will throw filth at you
and treat you with contempt
and make you a spectacle.
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