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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxDeu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - “Do you thus H2088 repay H1580 the LORD, H3068
O foolish H5036 and unwise H3808 H2450 people? H5971
Is not He your Father H1 who has bought H7069 you?
He has made H6213 you and established H3559 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - ‘They have made H7065 Me jealous H7065 with what is not God; H410
They have provoked H3707 Me to anger H3707 with their [fn]idols. H1892
So I will make them jealous H7065 with those who are not a people; H5971
I will provoke H3707 them to anger H3707 with a foolish H5036 nation, H1471

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - The king H4428 chanted H6969 a lament for Abner H74 and said, H559
“Should Abner H74 die H4191 as a fool H5036 dies? H4194

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - “As for me, where H575 could I [fn]get H1980 rid H1980 of my reproach? H2781 And as for you, you will be like one H259 of the [fn]fools H5036 in Israel. H3478 Now H6258 therefore, please H4994 speak H1696 to the king, H4428 for he will not withhold H4513 me from you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said H559 to her, “You speak H1696 as one H259 of the foolish H5036 women H5036 speaks. H1696 Shall we indeed H1571 accept H6901 good H2896 from God H430 and not accept H6901 adversity?” H7451 In all H3605 this H2088 Job H347 did not sin H2398 with his lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8 - “[fn]Fools, H1121 H5036 even H1571 [fn]those H1121 without H1097 a name, H8034
They were scourged H5217 from the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - For the choir director. H5329 A Psalm of David. H1732
The fool H5036 has said H559 in his heart, H3820 “There H369 is no H369 God.” H430
They are corrupt, H7843 they have committed H8581 abominable H8581 [fn]deeds; H5949
There H369 is no H369 one H369 who does H6213 good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8 - “Deliver H5337 me from all H3605 my transgressions; H6588
Make H7760 me not the reproach H2781 of the foolish. H5036

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - For the choir director; according to [fn]Mahalath. A [fn]Maskil of David.
The fool H5036 has said H559 in his heart, H3820 “There H369 is no H369 God,” H430
They are corrupt, H7843 and have committed H8581 abominable H8581 injustice; H5766
There H369 is no H369 one H369 who does H6213 good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - Remember H2142 this, H2088 [fn]O LORD, H3068 that the enemy H340 has reviled, H2778
And a foolish H5036 people H5971 has spurned H5006 Your name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Arise, H6965 O God, H430 and plead H7378 Your own cause; H7379
Remember H2142 [fn]how the foolish H5036 man H5036 reproaches H2781 You all H3605 day H3117 long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - [fn]Excellent H3499 speech H8193 is not fitting H5000 for a fool, H5036
Much H637 H3588 less H637 are lying H8267 lips H8193 to a prince. H5081

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21 - He who sires H3205 a fool H3684 does so to his sorrow, H8424
And the father H1 of a fool H5036 has H8055 no H3808 joy. H8055

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22 - Under H8478 a slave H5650 when H3588 he becomes H4427 king, H4427
And a fool H5036 when H3588 he is satisfied H7646 with food, H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:5 - No H3808 longer H5750 will the fool H5036 be called H7121 noble, H5081
Or the rogue H3596 be spoken H559 of as generous. H7771

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For a fool H5036 speaks H1696 nonsense, H5039
And his heart H3820 [fn]inclines H6213 toward wickedness: H205
To practice H6213 ungodliness H2612 and to speak H1696 error H8442 against H413 the LORD, H3068
To [fn]keep H7324 the hungry H7457 person H5315 unsatisfied H7324
And [fn]to withhold H2637 drink H4945 from the thirsty. H6771

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:11 - “As a partridge H7124 that hatches H1716 eggs H1716 which it has not laid, H3205
So is he who makes H6213 a fortune, H6239 but unjustly; H4941 H3808
In the midst H2677 of his days H3117 it will forsake H5800 him,
And in [fn]the end H319 he will be a fool.” H5036

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD, H3068 “Woe H1945 to the foolish H5036 prophets H5030 who H834 are following H1980 H310 their own spirit H7307 and have seen H7200 nothing. H1115
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