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Lexicon :: Strong's H5038 - nᵊḇēlâ

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נְבֵלָה
Transliteration
nᵊḇēlâ
Pronunciation
neb-ay-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1286a

Strong’s Definitions

נְבֵלָה nᵉbêlâh, neb-ay-law'; from H5034; a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol:—(dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H5038 in the following manner: carcase (36x), dead body (5x), dieth of itself (4x), dead of itself (1x), died (1x), body (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's H5038 in the following manner: carcase (36x), dead body (5x), dieth of itself (4x), dead of itself (1x), died (1x), body (1x).

  1. carcass, corpse

    1. of humans, idols, animals

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְבֵלָה nᵉbêlâh, neb-ay-law'; from H5034; a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol:—(dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.
STRONGS H5038: Abbreviations
† נְבֵלָה noun feminine carcass, corpse (as inert, flabby); — נ׳ absolute 1 Kings 13:24 +; construct נִבְלַת 1 Kings 13:29 +; suffix נְבֵלָתִי Isaiah 26:19; נִבְלָֽתְךָ Deuteronomy 28:26; 1 Kings 13:22; נֵבְלָתוֺ + Josh 82:9 + 6 times; נִבְלָתָהּ Leviticus 11:39, 40 (twice in verse); נִבְלָתָם Isaiah 5:25 + 14 times; — carcass, corpse:
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a. human (not in Ezekiel, P, (H), which use פֶּגֶר); Joshua 8:29 (JE), 1 Kings 13:22, 24 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:25 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:28 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 13:29, 30; 2 Kings 9:37; Jeremiah 26:23; Jeremiah 36:30; Deuteronomy 21:23; Deuteronomy 28:26; collective corpses Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 26:19 (wish for restoration to life), Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 9:21; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7; Jeremiah 34:20; Psalm 79:2.
b. of lifeless idols, collective נִבְלַת שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם וגו׳ Jeremiah 16:18.
2. of animals (clean and unclean, wild animals, cattle, birds and reptiles, chiefly Leviticus, Ezekiel), Deuteronomy 14:8; Leviticus 5:2 (3 times in verse); Leviticus 11:8, 11, 24, 25, 27, 28, 35, 36, 37, 38; Leviticus 17:15 (all P); נ׳ specifically = body of animal dying of itself Deuteronomy 14:21; Leviticus 7:24; Leviticus 11:39, 40 (twice in verse) (P), Leviticus 22:8 (H), Ezekiel 4:14; Ezekiel 44:31.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

5:2; 7:24; 11:8; 11:11; 11:24; 11:25; 11:27; 11:28; 11:35; 11:36; 11:37; 11:38; 11:39; 11:39; 11:40; 11:40; 17:15; 22:8

Deuteronomy

14:8; 14:21; 21:23; 28:26; 28:26

Joshua

8:29

1 Kings

13:22; 13:22; 13:24; 13:24; 13:25; 13:28; 13:29; 13:29; 13:30

2 Kings

9:37

Psalms

79:2

Isaiah

5:25; 5:25; 26:19; 26:19

Jeremiah

7:33; 9:21; 16:4; 16:18; 19:7; 26:23; 34:20; 36:30

Ezekiel

4:14; 44:31

H5038

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5038 matches the Hebrew נְבֵלָה (nᵊḇēlâ),
which occurs 48 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - ‘Or if someone touches any [ceremonially] unclean thing—whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal or the carcass of an unclean domestic animal or the carcass of unclean creeping things—even if he is unaware of it, he has become unclean, and he will be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:24 - ‘The fat of an animal which dies [of natural causes] and the fat of one which is torn [to pieces by a predator] may be put to any other use, but under no circumstances are you to eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:8 - ‘You shall not eat their meat nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11 - ‘They shall be [fn]hated things to you. You may not eat their meat; you shall detest their carcasses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 -

‘By [contact with] these you will become unclean; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until the evening (dusk),

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25 - and whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - ‘Also all animals that walk on their paws, among all kinds of animals that walk on four legs, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until the evening,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28 - and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:35 - ‘Everything that part of their carcass falls on becomes unclean; an oven, or a small stove shall be smashed; they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - ‘Nevertheless a spring or a cistern (reservoir) collecting water shall be clean; but whoever touches one of these carcasses shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37 - ‘If a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:38 - but if water is put on the seed and a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 -

‘If one of the animals that you may eat dies [of natural causes], whoever touches its carcass becomes unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40 - ‘And whoever eats some of its meat shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening; also whoever picks up its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - “Every person who eats an animal which dies [of natural causes] or was torn by a predator, whether he is native-born or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be [ceremonially] unclean until evening; then he will become clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:8 - ‘He shall not eat that which dies [of natural causes] or is torn by a predator, becoming unclean by it; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8 - “The swine, because it has a divided hoof but does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You shall not eat their meat nor touch their carcasses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 -

“You shall not eat anything that dies on its own. You may give it to the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is in your [city] gates, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner [since they are not under God’s law], but you are a people holy (set apart) to the LORD your God. You shall not [fn]boil a young goat or a lamb in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - his body shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall most certainly bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is cursed by God), so that you do not defile your land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26 - “Your carcasses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - He [fn]hanged [the body of] the king of Ai on a tree [leaving it there] until evening; at sunset Joshua gave a command and they took the body down from the tree and dumped it at the entrance of the city gate, and piled a great heap of stones over it that stands to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22 - but have come back and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which the LORD said to you, “You shall not eat bread nor drink water”; your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers (ancestors).’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - Now when he had gone, a lion met him by the road and killed him, and his body was thrown in the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion was also standing beside the body.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And there were men passing by, and they saw the body thrown in the road, and the lion standing beside the body. So they came and told about it in the city [of Bethel] where the old prophet lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - And he went and found the body thrown on the road, and the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion [miraculously] had not eaten the body or attacked the donkey.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - Then the prophet picked up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came into the city (Bethel) of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - And he laid the body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:37 - ‘The corpse of Jezebel will be like dung on the surface of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, “This is Jezebel.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 -

They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food to the birds of the heavens,

The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:25 -

Therefore the anger of the LORD has burned against His people,

And He has stretched out His hand against them and has struck them down.

And the mountains trembled, and their dead bodies lay like rubbish in the middle of the streets.

In spite of all this God’s anger is not turned away,

But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 -

Your dead will live;

[fn]Their dead bodies will rise.

You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy!

For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural],

And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - “And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth and no one will frighten them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:22 -

Speak, “Thus says the LORD,

‘The dead bodies of men will fall like dung on the open field,

And like sheaves [of grain] behind the reaper,

And no one will gather them.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - “They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried; they will be like dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18 - “I will first doubly repay and punish them for their wickedness and their sin [before I return them to their land], because they have profaned My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with their abominations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “I will pour out and nullify the counsel (plans) of [the men of] Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will make their people fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their lives; and I will give their dead bodies as food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23 - And they brought Uriah [God’s spokesman] from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim, who executed him with a sword and threw his dead body among the graves of the common people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives. And [like the body of the calf] their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30 - ‘Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah, “[fn]He shall have no heir to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be thrown out to the heat of the day and to the frost of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - But I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold (hear me), I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died on its own or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:31 - “The priests shall not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or has been torn to pieces.
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