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Lexicon :: Strong's H5036 - nāḇāl

Aa
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 BoxDeu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - Do you thus requite the LORD, Foolish people and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21

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: I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - The king lamented for Aviner, and said, Should Aviner die as a fool dies?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - I, where shall I carry my shame? and as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Yisra'el. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Iyov didn't sin with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8 - They are children of fools, yes, children of base men. They were flogged out of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - For the Chief Musician. By 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 BoxPsa 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8 - Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the reproach of the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - For the Chief Musician. To the tune "on machalat." A maskil by David. The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, Much less do lying lips fit a prince.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21 - He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:5 - The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:11 - As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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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