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Lexicon :: Strong's H5034 - nāḇēl

Strong's

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נָבֵל

Transliteration

nāḇēl

Pronunciation

naw-bale'

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Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

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TWOT Reference: 1286

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Strong’s Definitions

נָבֵל nâbêl, naw-bale'; a primitive root; to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace:—disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, × surely, make vile, wither.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H5034 in the following manner: fade (8x), fade away (3x), wear away (2x), wither (2x), disgrace (1x), surely (1x), dishonoureth (1x), fall down (1x), esteemed (1x), falling (1x), foolishly (1x), come to nought (1x), fall off (1x), surely (1x), make vile (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to be senseless, be foolish
1. (Qal) to be foolish
2. (Piel)
  1. to regard or treat as foolish
  2. to treat with contempt
to sink or drop down, languish, wither and fall, fade
1. (Qal)
  1. to sink or drop down
  2. to fall, wither and fall, fade
  3. to droop

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STRONGS H5034: Abbreviations

† II. נָבַל verb be senseless, foolish (Late Hebrew נְבָלָה, נַבְלוּת of immodesty; Arabic bdb061401

= (per contra) be noble, distinguished, bdb061402

also be gracious (Frey); Aramaic נְבַל Pa. reject, despise, see Targum

Nehemiah 3:6; Jeremiah 14:21; in derivatives as Late Hebrew); —
Qal = be foolish Proverbs 30:32 is doubted by Frankenb Toy (where see various renderings), and others, who think text corrupt. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular נָבַלְתָּ Proverbs 30:32 if thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself (opposed to זַמּוֺתָ).
Pi. Perfect 1st person singular suffix consecutive וְנִבַּלְתִּיךְ Nahum 3:6; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיְנַבֵּל Deuteronomy 32:15; 2nd person masculine singular תְּנַבֵּל Jeremiah 14:21; Participle מִנַבֵּל Micah 7:6; — regard or treat as a נָבָל (which see), i.e. with contumely, with accusative: בֵּן מְנַבֵּל אָב Micah 7:6 son treateth father as a fool (with contumely); וַיְנ׳ צוּר Deuteronomy 32:15 and he treated with contumely the Rock of his salvation (i.e. י׳; || נטשִׁ); י׳ subject, Nahum 3:6 I will treat thee (Nineveh) with contumely (|| וְהִשְׂלַכְתִּ֫י צָלַיִךְ שִׁקֻּצִים); Jeremiah 14:21 do not treat with contumely the throne of thy glory (|| נאץ).

נָבֵל verb sink or drop down, languish, wither and fall, fade (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian nabâlu, destroy, Dl^{HWB 443 f.} Arabic bdb061501

v, VIII. die; Aramaic נְבֵילָא corpse); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נ׳ Isaiah 40:7, 8; Jeremiah 8:13; 3rd person feminine singular נָֽבְלָה Isaiah 24:4 (twice in verse); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִבּוֺל Psalm 1:3 + 4 times (on form compare Ges^{§ 43, 3, R, 1, h} Ol^{§ 246 e}) 2nd person masculine singular תִּבֹּל Exodus 18:18; 3rd person masculine plural יִבֹּלוּ 2 Samuel 22:46 = Psalm 18:46, יִבּוֺל֑וּן Psalm 37:2; 1st person plural וַנָּ֫בֶל Isaiah 64:5 (on form compare Di and Ol^{§ 236 e}); Infinitive absolute נָבֹל Exodus 18:18; construct נְבֹל Isaiah 34:4; Participle נֹבֵל Isaiah 28:1, 4; feminine נֹבֶ֫לָת absolute Isaiah 34:4; construct Isaiah 1:30; —

1. sink or drop down, from exhaustion נָבֹל תִּכֹּל Exodus 18:18 (Moses and Israel); from discouragement 2 Samuel 22:46 = Psalm 18:46 (of foreigners, foes of Israel); of mountain יִבּוֺל הַרנֹֿפֵל Job 14:18 (but יִפּוֹל נָפוֺל Lag^{Proph. Chald.} Siegf Baer, after Greek Version of the LXX

, so Bu [or יִבְלֶה]; Du נָבוֺל יִכּוֺל).

2. usually fall like a leaf, or flower wither and fall, fade: כְּאֵלָה נֹבֶ֫לֶת עֶָֽֽֽלהָ Isaiah 1:30 like an oak falling as to it leaves (simile of people of Jerusalem); the host of heaven יִבּוֺל כִּנְבֹל עָלֶה מגֶּפֶן וּכְנֹבֶלֶת מִתְּאֵנָה Isaiah 34:4; עָלֵהוּ לֹא יִבּ׳ Ezekiel 47:12 (trees in Ezekiel's vision), so figurative of good man Psalm 1:3; of Israel Jeremiah 8:13, וַנָּ֫בֶל כֶּעָלֶה Isaiah 64:5; also נָבֵל צִיץ Isaiah 40:7, 8 (both || יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר), צִיץ נֹבֵל Isaiah 28:1; compare Isaiah 28:4; of wicked כְּיֶרֶק דֶּשֶׁא יִבּ׳ Psalm 37:2: (|| כֶּחָצִיר יִמָּ֑לוּ); of devastated earth נָֽבְלָה אֻמְלְלָה הָאָרֶַץ נָֽבְלָה אָֽבְלָה תֵּבֵ֑ל Isaiah 24:4.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

18:18; 18:18; 18:18

Deuteronomy

2 Samuel

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

1:3; 1:3; 18:46; 18:46; 37:2; 37:2

Proverbs

30:32; 30:32

Isaiah

1:30; 1:30; 24:4; 24:4; 28:1; 28:1; 28:4; 28:4; 34:4; 34:4; 34:4; 40:7; 40:7; 40:8; 40:8; 64:5; 64:5

Jeremiah

8:13; 8:13; 14:21; 14:21; 14:21

Ezekiel

47:12

Micah

7:6; 7:6

Nahum

3:6; 3:6

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Strong's Number H5034 matches the Hebrew נָבֵל (nāḇēl),
which occurs 25 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Exo 18:18 - Thou wilt surely^H5034 wear away,^H5034 both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:15

Deu 32:15 - But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed^H5034 the Rock of his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:46

2Sa 22:46 - Strangers shall fade away,^H5034 and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:18

Job 14:18 - And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought,^H5034 and the rock is removed out of his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 1:3

Psa 1:3 - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;^H5034 and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:45

Psa 18:45 - The strangers shall fade away,^H5034 and be afraid out of their close places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:2

Psa 37:2 - For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither^H5034 as the green herb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:32

Pro 30:32 - If thou hast done foolishly^H5034 in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:30

Isa 1:30 - For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth,^H5034 and as a garden that hath no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Isa 24:4 - The earth mourneth and fadeth away,^H5034 the world languisheth and fadeth away,^H5034 the haughty people of the earth do languish.

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Isa 28:1 - Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading^H5034 flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:4

Isa 28:4 - And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading^H5034 flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:4

Isa 34:4 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down,^H5034 as the leaf falleth off^H5034 from the vine, and as a falling^H5034 fig from the fig tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:7

Isa 40:7 - The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:^H5034 because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

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Isa 40:8 - The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:^H5034 but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

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Isa 64:6 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade^H5034 as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:13

Jer 8:13 - I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade;^H5034 and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:21

Jer 14:21 - Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace^H5034 the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:12

Eze 47:12 - And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade,^H5034 neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:6

Mic 7:6 - For the son dishonoureth^H5034 the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:6

Nah 3:6 - And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile,^H5034 and will set thee as a gazingstock.

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