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Lexicon :: Strong's H5039 - nᵊḇālâ

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נְבָלָה
Transliteration
nᵊḇālâ
Pronunciation
neb-aw-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1285b

Strong’s Definitions

נְבָלָה nᵉbâlâh, neb-aw-law'; feminine of H5036; foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment:—folly, vile, villany.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H5039 in the following manner: folly (10x), villany (2x), vile (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H5039 in the following manner: folly (10x), villany (2x), vile (1x).

  1. senselessness, folly

    1. disgraceful folly

      1. of immorality, profane actions

    2. disgrace, contumely disgrace

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְבָלָה nᵉbâlâh, neb-aw-law'; feminine of H5036; foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment:—folly, vile, villany.
STRONGS H5039: Abbreviations
† נְבָלָה noun feminine senselessness (as shewn in disregard of moral and religious claims), especially of disgraceful sins; also disgrace; — always absolute נ׳; —
1. disgraceful folly, especially of sins of un-chastity Judges 19:23 (wanton deed GFM), so דְּבַר הַזּאֹת הַנּ׳ Judges 19:24, 2 Samuel 13:12; often בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל עָשָׂה נ׳ i.e. do a thing disgraceful according to Israel's standard: Genesis 34:7 (J), Deuteronomy 22:21 (compare Dr on meaning of word; only here of woman), Judges 20:26 (+ זִמָּה), Judges 20:10; Jeremiah 29:23 (compare לֹא יֵעָשֶׂה כֵּן בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלּ 2 Samuel 13:12); also of inhospitable churlishness 1 Samuel 25:25 (see I, II. נָבָל, and especially Isaiah 32:6); of profane action Joshua 7:15 (Achan; עָשָׂה נ׳ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל); of senseless and irreligious language Isaiah 9:16 דֹּבֵר Isaiah 32:6 (יְדַבֵּר).
2. contumely, disgrace עֲשׂוֺת עִמָּכֶם נ׳ Job 42:8 (of י׳), i.e. deal out to you disgrace, expose you and punish you as נְבָלִים (compare 2 Samuel 3:33, below נָבָל), because of your utterances about me.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:7

Deuteronomy

22:21

Joshua

7:15

Judges

19:23; 19:24; 20:10; 20:26

1 Samuel

25:25

2 Samuel

3:33; 13:12; 13:12

Job

42:8

Isaiah

9:16; 32:6; 32:6

Jeremiah

29:23

H5039

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5039 matches the Hebrew נְבָלָה (nᵊḇālâ),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Now when Jacob’s sons heard of it they came in from the field; they were deeply grieved, and they were very angry, for Shechem had done a disgraceful thing to [fn]Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing is not to be done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - then they shall bring her out to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed a deliberate sin in Israel by playing the prostitute in her father’s house. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:15 - ‘It shall be that the one who is chosen with the things under the ban shall be [killed and his body] burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has done a [fn]disgraceful and disobedient thing in Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - Then the man, the master of the house, went out and said to them, “No, my fellow citizens, please do not act so wickedly. Since this man has come to my house [as my guest], do not commit this sacrilege.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - “Here is my virgin daughter and this man’s concubine. I will bring them out now; abuse and humiliate them and do to them [fn]whatever you want, but do not commit this act of [fn]sacrilege against this man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - “So I took my concubine and cut her [corpse] in pieces and sent her [body parts] throughout the land of the inheritance of Israel; for the men of Gibeah have committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - and we will take ten men out of a hundred throughout the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand to bring provisions for the men, so that when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, they may punish them for all the despicable acts which they have committed in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - “Please do not let my lord [fn]pay attention to this worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal (fool) is his [fn]name and foolishness (stupidity) is with him; but I your maidservant did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12 - She replied, “No, my brother! Do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful thing!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:8 - “Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him [and his prayer] so that I may not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 -

Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men,

Nor does He have compassion on their fatherless or their widows;

For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,

And every mouth is speaking foolishness.

In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 -

For the fool speaks nonsense,

And his heart (mind) plans wickedness:

To practice ungodliness and to speak error concerning the LORD,

To keep the craving of the hungry unsatisfied

And to deprive the thirsty of drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:23 - because they have acted foolishly in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and in My Name have spoken false and concocted words, which I did not command them. I am He who knows and I am a witness,” says the LORD.’”
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