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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 when there is a person who touches anything ceremonially unclean, whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal, or the carcass of an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has become unclean and is guilty;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:24 - Moreover, the fat of an animal that has died of natural causes and the fat of an animal torn by beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must certainly never eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:8 - You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11 - Since they are detestable to you, you must not eat their meat and their carcass you must detest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 - "'By these you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25 - and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28 - and the one who carries their carcass must 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 - Anything their carcass may fall on will become unclean. An oven or small stove must be smashed to pieces; they are unclean, and they will stay unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - However, a spring or a cistern which collects water will be clean, but one who touches their carcass will be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37 - Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed 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 such a carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - "'Now if an animal that you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40 - One who eats from its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening, and whoever carries its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - "'Any person who eats an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a foreigner, must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he becomes clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:8 - He must not eat an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts and thus become unclean by it. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8 - Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves, it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the LORD your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury him that same day, for the one who is left exposed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not defile your land which the LORD your God is giving 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 every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22 - You went back and ate and drank in this place, even though he said to you, "Do not eat or drink there." Therefore your corpse will not be buried in your ancestral tomb.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - As the prophet from Judah was traveling, a lion attacked him on the road and killed him. His corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion just stood there beside it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - Some men came by and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. They went and reported what they had seen in the city where the old prophet lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - He went and found the corpse lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; the lion had neither eaten the corpse nor attacked the donkey.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - The old prophet picked up the corpse of the prophet, put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - He put the corpse into his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying, "Ah, my brother!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:37 - Jezebel's corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 - They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:25 - So the LORD is furious with his people; he lifts his hand and strikes them. The mountains shake, and corpses lie like manure in the middle of the streets. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. There will not be any survivors to scare them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:22 - Tell your daughters and neighbors, 'The LORD says, "The dead bodies of people will lie scattered everywhere like manure scattered on a field. They will lie scattered on the ground like grain that has been cut down but has not been gathered."'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18 - Before I restore them I will punish them in full for their sins and the wrongs they have done. For they have polluted my land with the lifeless statues of their disgusting idols. They have filled the land I have claimed as my own with their detestable idols."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - In this place I will thwart the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will deliver them over to the power of their enemies who are seeking to kill them. They will die by the sword at the hands of their enemies. I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild beasts to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23 - and they brought Uriah back from there. They took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him executed and had his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - I will hand them over to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30 - So the LORD says concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah, "None of his line will occupy the throne of David. His dead body will be thrown out to be exposed to scorching heat by day and frost by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - And I said, "Ah, sovereign LORD, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat has never entered my mouth."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:31 - The priests will not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or was torn to pieces by a wild animal.
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