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Lexicon :: Strong's H5307 - nāp̄al

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נָפַל
Transliteration
nāp̄al
Pronunciation
naw-fal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1392

Strong’s Definitions

נָפַל nâphal, naw-fal'; a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative):—be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 434x

The KJV translates Strong's H5307 in the following manner: fall (318x), fall down (25x), cast (18x), cast down (9x), fall away (5x), divide (5x), overthrow (5x), present (5x), lay (3x), rot (3x), accepted (2x), lie down (2x), inferior (2x), lighted (2x), lost (2x), miscellaneous (22x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 434x
The KJV translates Strong's H5307 in the following manner: fall (318x), fall down (25x), cast (18x), cast down (9x), fall away (5x), divide (5x), overthrow (5x), present (5x), lay (3x), rot (3x), accepted (2x), lie down (2x), inferior (2x), lighted (2x), lost (2x), miscellaneous (22x).

  1. to fall, lie, be cast down, fail

    1. (Qal)

      1. to fall

      2. to fall (of violent death)

      3. to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before

      4. to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to , go away to, fall into the hand of

      5. to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result

      6. to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to

      7. to lie, lie prostrate

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate

      2. to overthrow

      3. to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot

      4. to let drop, cause to fail (fig.)

      5. to cause to fall

    3. (Hithpael)

      1. to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon

      2. to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself

    4. (Pilel) to fall

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָפַל nâphal, naw-fal'; a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative):—be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.
STRONGS H5307: Abbreviations
נָפַל 433 verb fall, lie (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, Targum נְפַל, Syriac bdb065602; compare also Arabic bdb065603 dedit praedam (NöZMG xl (1886), 725 Frä153f.), Minaean נפל remove HomSudar. Chrest. 128); —
Qal366 Perfect נ׳ Judges 5:27 +, 3rd person feminine singular נָֽפְלָה Genesis 15:12 +, etc.; Imperfect יִפֹּל 1 Samuel 14:45 +, וַיִּפֹּל Judges 4:16 +; 1st person singular אֶפֹּל 1 Chronicles 21:13 (needless change from 1st person plural נִפְּלָהנִמְּלָה || 2 Samuel 24:14 We Dr); 3rd person masculine plural יִפְּלוּ Hosea 7:16 +, יִפֹּ֑לוּ Isaiah 3:25 +, 3rd person feminine plural תִּפֹּ֫לְנָה Ezekiel 13:11; Ezekiel 30:25, etc.; Imperative masculine plural נִפְלוּ Hosea 10:8; Jeremiah 25:27; Infinitive absolute נָפוֺל Esther 6:13; construct נְפֹל Isaiah 30:25 +; לִנְפֹּל Jeremiah 51:49 +; suffix נָפְלוֺ 1 Samuel 29:3, נִפְלוֺ 2 Samuel 1:10, נִפְלָם Jeremiah 49:21 (on these forms compare BaNB 104); Participle נֹפֵל Judges 4:22 +; feminine נֹפֶ֫לֶת Genesis 15:12 +; plural נֹפְלִים Joshua 8:25 + (insert also 1 Samuel 28:19b Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS; Klo כֹּרְעִים), etc.; —
1. fall, by accident, שָֿׁ֫מָּה וְנ׳ Exodus 21:33 (E) and there fall into it (a pit) an ox or an ass, compare Deuteronomy 22:4 (בַּדֶּרֶךְ, on the way), bird עַל־פַּח Amos 3:5; subject person, 1 Samuel 4:18 (from seat, מֵעַל), Deuteronomy 22:8 (twice in verse) (from roof, מִן); often into (ב) pit (usually figurative) Proverbs 26:27; Proverbs 28:10, also (absolute), Proverbs 22:14, Ecclesiastes 10:8; Psalm 7:16; Psalm 57:7 (בְּתוֺךְ), compare Psalm 35:8; Psalm 141:10(net), also, with אֶל, Isaiah 24:18 = Jeremiah 48:44; fall בְּלֵב יַמִּים Ezekiel 25:27; opposed to קוּם Jeremiah 8:4 compare Ecclesiastes 4:10 (twice in verse); with אָחוֺר fall backward Genesis 49:17 (poem); with בְּעַד through 2 Kings 1:2 compare (of locusts) Joel 2:8; † עַלחֶֿרֶב נ׳ causing death 1 Samuel 31:4, 5 = 1 Chronicles 10:4, 5; † אַ֫רְצָה עַל־פָּנָיו נ׳ 1 Samuel 17:49 (Goliath); subject thing, 2 Kings 2:13, 14 (מֵעַל), 2 Kings 6:5 (אֶלֿ into water), 2 Kings 6:6 (absolute); with עַל Leviticus 11:32, 35, 37, 38, אֶלֿ Leviticus 11:33; absolute of tent Judges 7:13 + Judges 7:13 (gloss, GFM, Bu); of wall Joshua 6:5 (JE), Jeremiah 51:44, figurative Ezekiel 13:11 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Sm Co Berthol), Ezekiel 13:12; Ezekiel 13:14, לְאֶרֶץ Ezekiel 38:20; + תַּחְתֶּיהָ i.e. flat Joshua 6:20; נ׳ of bricks Isaiah 9:9 (in figurative), פֶּרֶץ Isaiah 30:13; towers Isaiah 30:25, foundations Jeremiah 50:15; wall fell upon (על) 1 Kings 20:30, so of house Judges 16:30; Job 1:19, mountains Hosea 10:8; mountain also absolute Job 14:18 (compare נָבֵל), height Ezekiel 38:20; tree Ecclesiastes 11:3 (twice in verse) (ב location), compare Isaiah 10:34 (בְ instrumental, in figure), Zechariah 11:2 (absolute); branches Ezekiel 31:12 (figurative); a grain Amos 9:9 (אֶרֶץ = to earth); of dew 2 Samuel 17:12 (with על), hailstones Ezekiel 13:11; blood (אַ֫רְצָה) 1 Samuel 26:20; † hair of head (ארצה) 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52; horns of altar Amos 3:14 (לָאָרֶץ); peg Isaiah 22:25; fruit עַל־פֶּה Nahum 3:12; crown Lamentations 5:16; arm from (מִן) shoulder Job 31:22; of sword (apparently) 2 Samuel 20:8 (but on text see Commentaries); † fire from heaven, absolute 1 Kings 18:38 with מִן Job 1:16†; † hand of י׳ Ezekiel 8:1 (with עַלֿ; but read וַתְּהִי Greek Version of the LXX Co Berthol); spirit of י׳ Ezekiel 11:5 (עַלֿ); of lot (גּוֺרָל) Ezekiel 24:6; Jonah 1:7 (both with עַל), 1 Chronicles 26:14 (with לְ; || יָצָא), + Esther 3:7 Greek Version of the LXX Ry Wild (עַל); compare Hiph. 3; hence (of share, inheritance) fall, be allotted, to (לְ) Judges 18:1 (ב = as: בְּ 17c; so Numbers 34:2; Ezekiel 47:14), Psalm 16:6, absolute Joshua 17:5. — On Ezekiel 47:22b see Hiph. 3.; hence (of share, inheritance) fall, be allotted, to (לְ) Judges 18:1 (ב as: בְּ I 7 c; so Numbers 34:2 Ezekiel 47:14), Psalm 16:6, absolute Joshua 17:5. — On Ezekiel 47:22 see Hiph. 3.
2.
a. Especially of violent death (approximately + 96 times), Judges 5:27 (3 times in verse) (+ שָׁדוּד), 1 Samuel 4:10; 1 Samuel 14:13; 2 Samuel 11:17; 2 Samuel 21:9; 1 Kings 22:20 2 Chronicles 18:9, etc.; + וַיָּמָת, etc.; 2 Samuel 1:4; 2 Samuel 2:23 (twice in verse); חָלָל נ׳ fall pierced (fatally) Judges 9:40; 1 Samuel 17:52; 1 Samuel 31:1 = 1 Chronicles 10:1 +; חַלְלֵי חֶרֶב Ezekiel 35:8; compare בְּתוֺח חֲלָלִים Ezekiel 32:20; תַּחַת הֲרוּגִים נ׳ Isaiah 10:4; פְּגָרִים נ׳ corpses fall Jeremiah 9:21; Numbers 14:29 (P), Numbers 14:32 (JE); by the sword, בַּחֶרֶב Amos 7:17; Hosea 7:16; Hosea 14:1; Isaiah 3:25; 2 Samuel 1:12; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 6:11; Numbers 14:3, 43 (JE), (+ בָּרָעָב, בַּדֶּבֶר), etc.; לְפִי חֶרֶב נ׳ † Joshua 8:24 (JE), Judges 4:16†; בְּיַד by the hand of † 2 Samuel 21:22; 2 Samuel 24:14 (twice in verse) = 1 Chronicles 21:13 (twice in verse), 1 Chronicles 5:10; 1 Chronicles 20:8†; תַּחַת רגליִ נ׳ fall under my feet 2 Samuel 22:39 = Psalm 18:39.
b. figurative = go to ruin, perish, etc. (about + 30 times); Amos 5:2; Amos 8:14 +; often || כָּשַׁל Isaiah 3:8; Isaiah 8:15 (+ other words), Isaiah 31:3; Jeremiah 8:12; Jeremiah 46:12; Jeremiah 50:32; Psalm 27:2; Proverbs 24:17; || כָּרַע Psalm 20:9; figurative of earth Isaiah 24:20 (opposed to קוּם), Haman falls before (לִפְנֵי) Mordecai Esther 6:13 (twice in verse); compare Isaiah 14:12 (absolute); peculiar to Prov are בְּרִשְׁעָה נ׳ Proverbs 11:5, בְּרַע Proverbs 13:17, בְּרָעָה Proverbs 17:20; Proverbs 28:14.
c. figurative = experience calamity Micah 7:8 (opposed to קוּם), Psalm 37:34; Psalm 145:14; Proverbs 24:16.
d. fall, of a city Jeremiah 51:8 (|| וַתִּשָּׁבֵר).
3.
a. Fall prostrate, Judges 19:26, 27, + אַ֫רְצָה Job 1:20; fall at full length (in a faint) מְלֹא־ וַיִּפֹּל קוֹמָתוֹ 1 Samuel 28:20; sink down Numbers 24:4, 16 (J E; supernatural influence); of arms of Pharaoh Ezekiel 30:25 (opposed to חָזַק).
b. fall = prostrate oneself before (לִפְנֵי) man Genesis 50:18 (E), 2 Samuel 19:19; Genesis 44:14 (J; + אַ֫רְצָה); before י׳ 2 Chronicles 20:18; אַ֫רְעָה אֶל־פָּנָיו נ׳ before י׳ or his representative Joshua 5:14; Joshua 7:6 (both J E); also (ארצה omitted) Ezekiel 43:3; Ezekiel 44:4; before man 2 Samuel 14:22; more often עַל־פָּנָיו נ׳, before man 2 Samuel 9:6; 1 Kings 18:7, 39; Ruth 2:10, before י׳ Genesis 17:3, 17 + 6 times P, Ezekiel 3:23; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13; 1 Chronicles 21:16; Daniel 8:17; + אַ֫רְפָה, before man 2 Samuel 14:4, before י׳ Judges 13:20; אַ֫רְצָה לְאַפָּיו 1 Samuel 20:41, עַל־פָּנֶיהָ דָוִד לְאַפֵּי 1 Samuel 25:23, ארצה נ׳ 2 Samuel 1:2 (all before man); עַלרַֿגְלָיו נ׳ fall at one's feet 1 Samuel 25:24; 2 Kings 4:37, לִפְנֵי ר׳ Esther 8:3. See synonym below קדד.
c. fall upon (עַל) one's neck, in embrace Genesis 33:4; Genesis 46:29 (both J), Genesis 45:14 (E), אָבִיו עַל־פְּנֵי Genesis 50:1 (J).
4.
a. Fall upon (עַל) = attack Jeremiah 48:32 (figurative), compare Isaiah 16:9; with בְּ Joshua 11:7 (D), absolute Job 1:15; אִישׁ אֶלרֵֿעֵהוּ נ׳ Jeremiah 46:16.
b. † desert or fall away to, go over to, with עַלֿ 2 Kings 25:11 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 52:15 (twice in verse), Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 37:14; Jeremiah 39:9; 1 Chronicles 12:20; 1 Chronicles 12:21 (twice in verse) (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:19; 1 Chronicles 12:20; 1 Chronicles 12:20), 2 Chronicles 15:9, with אֶלֿ 2 Kings 7:4; Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 38:19, absolute 1 Samuel 29:3; Jeremiah 39:9.
c. בְּיַד נ׳ fall into the hand (power) of Judges 15:18; Lamentations 1:7: — compare also 2. a. above
5. † Figurative, of deep sleep, with עַל Genesis 15:12 (J), 1 Samuel 26:12; Job 4:13; Job 33:15; face, countenance (in displeasure) Genesis 4:5, 6 (J); לֵב אָדָם עָלָיו נ׳ 1 Samuel 17:32 (of sinking heart); בְעֵינֵיהֶם וַיִפְּלוּ) Nehemiah 6:16 and they were cast down in their (own) eyes (compare BeRy, Ryle); † of calamity followed by עַלֿ Isaiah 47:11; Ecclesiastes 9:12; terror, etc., followed by עַלֿ Genesis 15:12 (J), Joshua 2:9 (JE), Exodus 15:16 (song), 1 Samuel 11:7; Job 13:11; Psalm 55:5; Psalm 105:38; Esther 8:17; Esther 9:2, 3; Daniel 10:7; reproach, followed by עַלֿ Psalm 69:10; † = fail to be accomplished Joshua 21:43; Joshua 23:14 (twice in verse) (all D), 1 Kings 8:56; 2 Kings 10:10 (+ אַ֫רְצָה); = not to be reckoned Numbers 6:12 (P); † of word (דָּבָר) falling into (ב) Israel Isaiah 9:7; † = fall out, turn out, result Ruth 3:18 (subject דָּבָר).
6. Other idiomatic uses are: לְמִשְׁכָּב נ׳ take to one's bed Exodus 21:18 (E); settle Genesis 25:18 (J); = alight quickly, מֵעַל הַגָּמָל Genesis 24:64 (J), מֵעַל הַמֶּרְכָּבָה 2 Kings 5:21; waste away Numbers 5:21, 22, 27; = be born Isaiah 26:18 (compare Hiph. Isaiah 26:19); = be offered, of supplication (לִפְנֵי י׳) Jeremiah 36:7; Jeremiah 37:20; Jeremiah 42:2 (compare Hiph. 6); with מִן = be inferior to Job 12:3; Job 13:2.
† 7. = lie, of Midianites, etc. (like locusts; ב location) Judges 9:12; = lie prostrate, 1 Samuel 19:24; usually participle Joshua 7:10 (J E; עַל־פָּנֶיךָ), 1 Samuel 5:3, 4 (לְפָנָיו), Amos 9:11, עַלהַֿמִּטָּה Esther 7:8; of the dead 1 Samuel 31:8 = 1 Chronicles 10:8; Deuteronomy 21:1; Ezekiel 32:27 (Co conjecture נְפִילִים [compare Genesis 6:4], see also Berthol ToyHpt); נֹפֵל אַ֫רְצָה מֵת Judges 3:25; compare Judges 4:22 (omit ארצה); אַ֫רְצָה נ׳ פְּגָרִים 2 Chronicles 20:24; compare also Ezekiel 32:22, 23, 24 (strike out in Ezekiel 32:22 Hi Co Berthol, in Ezekiel 32:23 ToyHpt).
Hiph. Perfect הִפִּיל 1 Samuel 3:19 +; 2nd person masculine singular suffix הִפַּלְתָּם Psalm 73:18; 3rd person plural הִפִּילוּ Judges 2:19 +; 1st person plural הִפַּלְנוּ Nehemiah 10:35, etc.; Imperfect יַפִּיל Exodus 21:27, וַיַּפֵּל Genesis 2:21 +, suffix יַפִּלֵם Psalm 140:11; 3rd person masculine plural יַפִּילוּ 2 Kings 3:25; Psalm 22:19, יַפִּיל֑וּן Job 29:24, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix הַפִּלֶהָ Joshua 13:6; masculine plural הַפִּילוּ 1 Samuel 14:42; Infinitive construct לְהַפִּיל 1 Samuel 18:25 +; לַנְפִּל Numbers 5:22 read לִנְפֹּל (Di Ol§ 78 c Sta§ 114 a, 2 Köi. 309 Ges§ 66, 2 R 1); Participle מַפִּיל 2 Kings 6:5 + 2 times, plural מַפִּילִים Daniel 9:18; —
1. cause to fall, with accusative, literally:
a. fell tree 2 Kings 3:19, 25; compare 2 Kings 6:5.
b. throw down wall 2 Samuel 20:15.
c. knock out tooth Exodus 21:27 (E).
d. lay prostrate Deuteronomy 25:2 (for bastinado).
e. cast (cedar pillars) into (עַלֿ) fire Jeremiah 22:7; so (with ב), wicked men Psalm 140:11.
f. make sword drop from (מִן) hand Ezekiel 30:22 (figurative), compare Ezekiel 39:3.
g. cause stone to fall עַל Numbers 35:23, flesh Psalm 78:28 (בְּקֶרֶב), stars Daniel 8:10 (in vision).
2. Of causing death בַּחֶרֶב 2 Kings 19:7 = Isaiah 37:7; Jeremiah 19:7; Ezekiel 32:12 (all י׳ subject), 2 Chronicles 32:21 (human subject); בְּיַד 1 Samuel 18:25; + חֲלָלִים Ezekiel 6:4; Proverbs 7:26; also Psalm 106:26; Daniel 11:12 = overthrow, bring to destruction, Psalm 37:14; Psalm 73:18 (with ל), Psalm 106:27.
3. especially of casting lot (גּוֺרָל), Isaiah 34:17 (with לְ for), Nehemiah 10:35 (with עַל + infinitive), Nehemiah 11:1 (with infinitive), 1 Chronicles 26:14 (with לְ; so read KitHpt compare Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Be Öttli), Psalm 22:19 (with עַל), Esther 9:24 (with infinitive); absolute Jonah 1:7 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 26:13; Esther 3:7; + בְּתוֺכֵנוּ Proverbs 1:14 (i.e. share with us); omitted גּוֺרָל 1 Samuel 14:32 (with בֵּין), Job 6:27 (with עַל); hence הִפּ׳ = assign, apportion, by lot, usually with לְ person, Joshua 13:6; Joshua 23:4 (both D), Ezekiel 45:1; Ezekiel 47:22a = Ezekiel 47:22b (read יַפִּילוּ Vulgate Targum Hi-Sm Co Berthol), Ezekiel 48:29 (read בְנַחֲלָה for מנ׳ Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Hi-Sm, etc.), Psalm 78:55 (compare Qal 1 end; and בְּ 17c).
4. Figurative, let drop, cause to fail (cf Qal 5), Judges 2:19; Esther 6:10, + אַ֫רְצָה 1 Samuel 3:19.
5. Cause deep sleep to fall (עַלֿ) Genesis 2:21 (J), Proverbs 19:15 (absolute), make countenance fall, look displeased at (ב), Jeremiah 3:12, compare Job 29:24 (object פָּנַי אוֺר); cause terror, etc., to fall (עַלֿ) Jeremiah 15:8.
6. Other idioms are: bring to life (properly drop young) Isaiah 26:19 (figurative); present supplication Jeremiah 38:26; Jeremiah 42:9; Daniel 9:18, 20 (all with לִפְנֵי); — on both compare Qal 6.
Hithp. throw, or prostrate oneself,
1. Infinitive construct הִתְנַפֵּל throw himself upon (על) Genesis 43:18 (J; i.e. attack).
2. Perfect 1st person singular הִתְנַפָּ֑לְתִּי Deuteronomy 9:25; Imperfect 1st person singular וָאֶתְנַפַּל Deuteronomy 9:18, 25; Participle מִתְנַפֵּל Ezra 10:1; — prostrate oneself and lie prostrate, לִפְנֵי י׳. —
Pil`el. וְנִפְלַל Ezekiel 28:23, read וְנָפַל Hi-Sm Co Berthol.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5308.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:21; 2:21; 4:5; 4:6; 6:4; 15:12; 15:12; 15:12; 15:12; 17:3; 17:17; 24:64; 25:18; 33:4; 43:18; 44:14; 45:14; 46:29; 49:17; 50:1; 50:18

Exodus

15:16; 21:18; 21:27; 21:27; 21:33

Leviticus

11:32; 11:33; 11:35; 11:37; 11:38

Numbers

5:21; 5:22; 5:22; 5:27; 6:12; 14:3; 14:29; 14:32; 14:43; 24:4; 24:16; 34:2; 34:2; 35:23

Deuteronomy

9:18; 9:25; 9:25; 21:1; 22:4; 22:8; 25:2

Joshua

2:9; 5:14; 6:5; 6:20; 7:6; 7:10; 8:24; 8:25; 11:7; 13:6; 13:6; 17:5; 17:5; 21:43; 23:4; 23:14

Judges

2:19; 2:19; 3:25; 4:16; 4:16; 4:22; 4:22; 5:27; 5:27; 7:13; 7:13; 9:12; 9:40; 13:20; 15:18; 16:30; 18:1; 18:1; 19:26; 19:27

Ruth

2:10; 3:18

1 Samuel

3:19; 3:19; 4:10; 4:18; 5:3; 5:4; 11:7; 14:13; 14:32; 14:42; 14:45; 14:45; 17:32; 17:49; 17:52; 18:25; 18:25; 19:24; 20:41; 25:23; 25:24; 26:12; 26:20; 28:19; 28:20; 29:3; 29:3; 31:1; 31:4; 31:5; 31:8

2 Samuel

1:2; 1:4; 1:10; 1:12; 2:23; 9:6; 11:17; 14:4; 14:11; 14:22; 17:12; 19:19; 20:8; 20:15; 21:9; 21:22; 22:39; 24:14; 24:14

1 Kings

1:52; 8:56; 18:7; 18:38; 18:39; 20:30; 22:20

2 Kings

1:2; 2:13; 2:14; 3:19; 3:25; 3:25; 4:37; 5:21; 6:5; 6:5; 6:5; 6:6; 7:4; 10:10; 19:7; 25:11

1 Chronicles

5:10; 10:1; 10:4; 10:5; 10:8; 12:19; 12:20; 12:20; 12:20; 12:21; 20:8; 21:13; 21:13; 21:16; 24:31; 25:8; 26:13; 26:14; 26:14

2 Chronicles

15:9; 18:9; 20:18; 20:24; 32:21

Ezra

10:1

Nehemiah

6:16; 10:35; 10:35; 11:1

Esther

3:7; 3:7; 6:10; 6:13; 6:13; 7:8; 8:3; 8:17; 9:2; 9:3; 9:24

Job

1:15; 1:16; 1:19; 1:20; 4:13; 6:27; 12:3; 13:2; 13:11; 14:18; 29:24; 29:24; 31:22; 33:15

Psalms

7:16; 16:6; 16:6; 18:39; 20:9; 22:19; 22:19; 27:2; 35:8; 37:14; 37:34; 55:5; 57:7; 69:10; 73:18; 73:18; 78:28; 78:55; 105:38; 106:26; 106:27; 140:11; 140:11; 141:10; 145:14

Proverbs

1:14; 7:26; 11:5; 13:17; 17:20; 19:15; 22:14; 24:16; 24:17; 26:27; 28:10; 28:14

Ecclesiastes

4:10; 9:12; 10:8; 11:3

Isaiah

3:8; 3:25; 3:25; 8:15; 9:7; 9:9; 10:4; 10:34; 14:12; 16:9; 22:25; 24:18; 24:20; 26:18; 26:19; 26:19; 30:13; 30:25; 30:25; 31:3; 34:17; 37:7; 47:11

Jeremiah

3:12; 8:4; 8:12; 9:21; 15:8; 19:7; 21:9; 22:7; 25:27; 36:7; 37:13; 37:14; 37:20; 38:19; 38:26; 39:9; 39:9; 42:2; 42:9; 46:12; 46:16; 48:32; 48:44; 49:21; 50:15; 50:32; 51:8; 51:44; 51:49; 52:15

Lamentations

1:7; 5:16

Ezekiel

3:23; 5:12; 6:4; 6:11; 8:1; 9:8; 11:5; 11:13; 13:11; 13:11; 13:11; 13:12; 13:14; 24:6; 28:23; 30:22; 30:25; 30:25; 31:12; 32:12; 32:20; 32:22; 32:22; 32:23; 32:23; 32:24; 32:27; 35:8; 38:20; 38:20; 39:3; 43:3; 44:4; 45:1; 47:14; 47:14; 47:22; 47:22; 47:22; 47:22; 48:29

Daniel

8:10; 8:17; 9:18; 9:18; 9:20; 10:7; 11:12

Hosea

7:16; 7:16; 10:8; 10:8; 14:1

Joel

2:8

Amos

3:5; 3:14; 5:2; 7:17; 8:14; 9:9; 9:11

Jonah

1:7; 1:7

Micah

7:8

Nahum

3:12

Zechariah

11:2

H5307

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Strong's Number H5307 matches the Hebrew נָפַל (nāp̄al),
which occurs 435 times in 403 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 9 (1Sa 17:52–2Ki 1:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath[fn] and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:24 - And he too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay naked all that day and all that night. Thus it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap[fn] and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - She fell at his feet and said, “On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head, and they went away. No man saw it or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:20 - Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD, for the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 - Then Saul fell at once full length on the ground, filled with fear because of the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me now for days and years, and since he deserted to me I have found no fault in him to this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:1 - Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:5 - And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8 - The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:2 - And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:4 - And David said to him, “How did it go? Tell me.” And he answered, “The people fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - “Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places!
How the mighty have fallen!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - “How the mighty have fallen
in the midst of the battle!
“Jonathan lies slain on your high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27 - “How the mighty have fallen,
and the weapons of war perished!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16 - And each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim,[fn] which is at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - But he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the butt of his spear, so that the spear came out at his back. And he fell there and died where he was. And all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - May it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father’s house, and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge or who is leprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 - Your hands were not bound;
your feet were not fettered;
as one falls before the wicked
you have fallen.” And all the people wept again over him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:38 - And the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled, and as she fled in her haste, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:6 - And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, “Mephibosheth!” And he answered, “Behold, I am your servant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17 - And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite also died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:4 - When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, “Save me, O king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “Please let the king invoke the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood kill no more, and my son be not destroyed.” He said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:22 - And Joab fell on his face to the ground and paid homage and blessed the king. And Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place. And as soon as some of the people fall[fn] at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:12 - So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18 - and they crossed the ford to bring over the king’s household and to do his pleasure. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was about to cross the Jordan,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - When they were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing a soldier’s garment, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened on his thigh, and as he went forward it fell out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - And all the men who were with Joab came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah. They cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart, and they were battering the wall to throw it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:9 - and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the LORD, and the seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:22 - These four were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:39 - I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise;
they fell under my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:52 - And Solomon said, “If he will show himself a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56 - “Blessed be the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 - And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. And Obadiah recognized him and fell on his face and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38 - Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:39 - And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:25 - and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30 - And the rest fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell upon 27,000 men who were left. Ben-hadad also fled and entered an inner chamber in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:20 - and the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay sick; so he sent messengers, telling them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.”

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