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Lexicon :: Strong's H5037 - nāḇāl

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נָבָל
Transliteration
nāḇāl
Pronunciation
naw-bawl'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as נָבָל (H5036)
Strong’s Definitions

נָבָל Nâbâl, naw-bawl'; the same as H5036; dolt; Nabal, an Israelite:—Nabal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H5037 in the following manner: Nabal (18x), Nabhal (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H5037 in the following manner: Nabal (18x), Nabhal (4x).

  1. Nabhal or Nabal = "fool"

    1. a man of Carmel who spurned David's messengers, then died of shock when he realised it might cause his death; his case was pleaded by his wife Abigail who became David's wife after his death

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבָל Nâbâl, naw-bawl'; the same as H5036; dolt; Nabal, an Israelite:—Nabal.
STRONGS H5037: Abbreviations
II. נָבָל proper name, masculine (on popular etymology see 1 Samuel 25:25 below); — a churlish man of Carmel, whose widow David married 1 Samuel 25:3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 19, 25 (twice in verse) (כִּשְׁמוֺ כֶּןהֿ֔וּא נָבָל שְׁמוֺ וּנְּבָלָה עִמּוֺ), 1 Samuel 25:26 10 times 1 Samuel + 2 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 3:3. Greek Version of the LXX Ναβαλ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

25:3; 25:4; 25:5; 25:9; 25:10; 25:14; 25:19; 25:25; 25:25; 25:26

2 Samuel

2:2; 3:3

H5037

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5037 matches the Hebrew נָבָל (nāḇāl),
which occurs 22 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3 - His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4 - While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5 - So he sent ten young men and said to them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9 - When David’s men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David’s name. Then they waited.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings, but he hurled insults at them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:19 - Then she told her servants, “Go on ahead; I’ll follow you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - And now, my lord, as surely as the LORD your God lives and as you live, since the LORD has kept you from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:37 - Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:38 - About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the LORD, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - David’s two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:2 - So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - his second, Kileab the son of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
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