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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 - Do ye H1580➔ thus H2063 requite ➔H1580 the LORD, H3068 O foolish H5036 people H5971 and unwise? H3808 H2450 is not H3808 he H1931 thy father H1 that hath bought thee? H7069 hath H6213➔ he H1931 not made thee, ➔H6213 and established thee? H3559

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - They H1992 have moved me to jealousy H7065 with H3808➔ that which is not ➔H3808 God; H410 they have provoked me to anger H3707 with their vanities: H1892 and I H589 will move them to jealousy H7065 with H3808➔ those which are not ➔H3808 a people; H5971 I will provoke them to anger H3707 with a H1471➔ foolish H5036 nation. ➔H1471

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - And H6969➔ the king H4428 lamented ➔H6969 over H413 Abner, H74 and said, H559 Died H4191 Abner H74 as H4194➔ a fool H5036 dieth? ➔H4194

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - And I, H589 whither H575 shall I cause H3212➔ my shame H2781 to go? ➔H3212 and as for thee, H859 thou shalt be H1961 as one H259 of the fools H5036 in Israel. H3478 Now therefore, H6258 I pray thee, H4994 speak H1696 unto H413 the king; H4428 for H3588 he will H4513➔ not H3808 withhold me ➔H4513 from thee. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said H559 unto her, H413 Thou speakest H1696 as one H259 of the foolish women H5036 speaketh. H1696 What? H1571 shall we receive H6901 good H2896 at H854 the hand of God, H430 and H853 shall we H6901➔ not H3808 receive ➔H6901 evil? H7451 In all H3605 this H2063 did H2398➔ not H3808 Job H347 sin ➔H2398 with his lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:8 - They were children H1121 of fools, H5036 yea, H1571 children H1121 of base men: H1097 H8034 they were viler H5217 than H4480 the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - [[To the chief Musician, H5329 A Psalm of David.]] H1732 The fool H5036 hath said H559 in his heart, H3820 There is no H369 God. H430 They are corrupt, H7843 they have done abominable H8581 works, H5949 there is none H369 that doeth H6213 good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8 - Deliver me H5337 from all H3605 my transgressions: H6588 make me H7760 not H408 the reproach H2781 of the foolish. H5036

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - [[To the chief Musician H5329 upon H5921 Mahalath, H4257 Maschil, H4905 A Psalm of David.]] H1732 The fool H5036 hath said H559 in his heart, H3820 There is no H369 God. H430 Corrupt are they, H7843 and have done abominable H8581 iniquity: H5766 there is none H369 that doeth H6213 good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - Remember H2142 this, H2063 that the enemy H341 hath reproached, H2778 O LORD, H3068 and that the H5971➔ foolish H5036 people ➔H5971 have blasphemed H5006 thy name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Arise, H6965 O God, H430 plead H7378 thine own cause: H7379 remember H2142 how H4480 the foolish man H5036 reproacheth thee H2781 daily. H3605 H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - Excellent H3499 speech H8193 becometh H5000 not H3808 a fool: H5036 much less H637 H3588 do H5081➔ lying H8267 lips H8193 a prince. ➔H5081

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21 - He that begetteth H3205 a fool H3684 doeth it to H8424➔ his sorrow: ➔H8424 and H3808➔ the father H1 of a fool H5036 hath H8055➔ no ➔H3808 joy. ➔H8055

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22 - For H8478 a servant H5650 when H3588 he reigneth; H4427 and a fool H5036 when H3588 he is filled H7646 with meat; H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:5 - The vile person H5036 shall be H7121➔ no H3808 more H5750 called ➔H7121 liberal, H5081 nor H3808 the churl H3596 said H559 to be bountiful. H7771

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For H3588 the vile person H5036 will speak H1696 villany, H5039 and his heart H3820 will work H6213 iniquity, H205 to practise H6213 hypocrisy, H2612 and to utter H1696 error H8442 against H413 the LORD, H3068 to make empty H7324 the soul H5315 of the hungry, H7457 and he will cause the drink H4945 of the thirsty H6771 to fail. H2637

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:11 - As the partridge H7124 sitteth H1716 on eggs, and H3808➔ hatcheth H3205 them not; ➔H3808 so he that getteth H6213 riches, H6239 and not H3808 by right, H4941 shall leave them H5800 in the midst H2677 of his days, H3117 and at his end H319 shall be H1961 a fool. H5036

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Woe H1945 unto H5921 the H5030➔ foolish H5036 prophets, ➔H5030 that H834 follow H1980 H310 their own spirit, H7307 and H1115➔ have seen H7200 nothing! ➔H1115
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