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Lexicon :: Strong's H5036 - nāḇāl

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נָבָל
Transliteration
nāḇāl
Pronunciation
naw-bawl'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1285a

Strong’s Definitions

נָבָל nâbâl, naw-bawl'; from H5034; stupid; wicked (especially impious):—fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H5036 in the following manner: fool (9x), foolish (5x), vile person (2x), foolish man (1x), foolish women (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H5036 in the following manner: fool (9x), foolish (5x), vile person (2x), foolish man (1x), foolish women (1x).
  1. foolish, senseless, fool

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבָל nâbâl, naw-bawl'; from H5034; stupid; wicked (especially impious):—fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.
STRONGS H5036: Abbreviations
† I. נָבָל adjective foolish, senseless, especially of the man who has no perception of ethical and religious claims, and with collateral idea of ignoble, disgraceful; — absolute נ׳ 2 Samuel 3:33 + 14 times; masculine plural נְבָלִים 2 Samuel 13:13; Ezekiel 13:3 (Greek Version of the LXX Co מִלִּבָּם); feminine plural נְבָלוֺת Job 2:10; — senseless, especially of religious and moral insensibility: עַם נ׳ Deuteronomy 32:6 (of Israel, unappreciative of J.'s benefits; opposed to חָכָם), so of heathen nation Psalm 74:18 (blaspheming name of י׳), גּוֺי נ׳ Deuteronomy 32:21 (|| לֹא עָם); הַנְּבִאִים הַנּ׳ Ezekiel 13:3 (si vera lectio, see above); elsewhere as substantive (impious and presumptuous) fool, Isaiah 32:5 (opposed to נָדִיב noble-minded), characterized as at once irreligious and churlish, Isaiah 32:6; denying God Psalm 14:1 = Psalm 53:2; insulting God Psalm 74:22, and God's servant Psalm 39:9; Proverbs 17:7 arrogant speech becometh not the (impious and presumptuous) fool (whose faults it only makes the more conspicuous), much less do lying lips him that this is noble (נדיב), Proverbs 17:21 (|| כְּסִיל), Proverbs 30:22 ונבל כי ישׂבע לחם (one of the things under which the earth trembles), בְּנֵי נָבָל Job 30:8 i.e. ignoble men (|| בְּנֵי בְלִישֵֿׁם); as one who might be expected to have a contumelious end, ימות אבנר הַכְּמוֺת נ׳ 2 Samuel 3:33 was Abner (destined) to die, as a נ׳ dieth ? of the man who amasses riches unjustly ובאחריתו יהיה נבל Jeremiah 17:11 i.e. will prove himself to be a נ׳; as acting immorally (with collateral idea of disgracefully) 2 Samuel 13:13 ואתה תהיה כְּאַחַד הַנְּבָלִים בישׂראל (compare נְבָלָה); feminine only in כְּדַבֵּר אַחַת הַנְּבָלוֺת Job 2:10 (of Job's wife). compare DrDeuteronomy 22:21. 32, 6. 15.21; Psalt. 457.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

22:6; 22:15; 22:21; 22:21; 32:6; 32:21

2 Samuel

3:33; 3:33; 13:13; 13:13

Job

2:10; 2:10; 30:8

Psalms

14:1; 39:9; 53:2; 74:18; 74:22

Proverbs

17:7; 17:21; 30:22

Isaiah

32:5; 32:6

Jeremiah

17:11

Ezekiel

13:3; 13:3

H5036

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5036 matches the Hebrew נָבָל (nāḇāl),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish H5036 people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish H5036 nation.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool H5036 dieth?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools H5036 in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women H5036 speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8 - They were children of fools, H5036 yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] The fool H5036 hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8 - Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. H5036
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - [[To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.]] The fool H5036 hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish H5036 people have blasphemed thy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man H5036 reproacheth thee daily.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - Excellent speech becometh not a fool: H5036 much less do lying lips a prince.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21 - He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool H5036 hath no joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22 - For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool H5036 when he is filled with meat;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:5 - The vile person H5036 shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the vile person H5036 will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:11 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. H5036
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish H5036 prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
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