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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - Do you thus deal with the LORD,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is He not your Father, who bought you?
Has He not made you and established you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;
They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols.
But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - And the king sang a lament over Abner and said:

“Should Abner die as a fool dies?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - “And I, where could I take my shame? And as for you, you would be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8 - They were sons of fools,
Yes, sons of vile men;
They were scourged from the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

The fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt,
They have done abominable works,
There is none who does good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8 - Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath.” A Contemplation[fn] of David.

The fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity;
There is none who does good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD,
And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Arise, O God, plead Your own cause;
Remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool,
Much less lying lips to a prince.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21 - He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22 - For a servant when he reigns,
A fool when he is filled with food,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:5 - The foolish person will no longer be called generous,
Nor the miser said to be bountiful;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the foolish person will speak foolishness,
And his heart will work iniquity:
To practice ungodliness,
To utter error against the LORD,
To keep the hungry unsatisfied,
And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:11 - “As a partridge that broods but does not hatch,
So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It will leave him in the midst of his days,
And at his end he will be a fool.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3 - Thus says the Lord GOD: “Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
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