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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Ab'igail. The woman was of good understanding and beautiful, but the man was churlish and ill-behaved; he was a Calebite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5 - So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9 - When David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David; and then they waited.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - And Nabal answered David's servants, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who are breaking away from their masters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - But one of the young men told Ab'igail, Nabal's wife, "Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:19 - And she said to her young men, "Go on before me; behold, I come after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let not my lord regard this ill-natured fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I your handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt, and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - For as surely as the LORD the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had made haste and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - And Ab'igail came to Nabal; and, lo, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she told him nothing at all until the morning light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:37 - And in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:38 - And about ten days later the LORD smote 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, "Blessed be the LORD who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; the LORD has returned the evil-doing of Nabal upon his own head." Then David sent and wooed Ab'igail, to make her his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - And David dwelt with A'chish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahin'o-am of Jezreel, and Ab'igail of Carmel, Nabal's widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - David's two wives also had been taken captive, Ahin'o-am of Jezreel, and Ab'igail 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, and his two wives also, Ahin'o-am of Jezreel, and Ab'igail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - and his second, Chil'e-ab, of Ab'igail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; and the third, Ab'salom the son of Ma'acah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
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