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Lexicon :: Strong's H5037 - nāḇāl

Aa
נָבָל
Transliteration
nāḇāl
Pronunciation
naw-bawl'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as נָבָל (H5036)
Strong’s Definitions

נָבָל Nâbâl, naw-bawl'; the same as H5036; dolt; Nabal, an Israelite:—Nabal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H5037 in the following manner: Nabal (18x), Nabhal (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H5037 in the following manner: Nabal (18x), Nabhal (4x).

  1. Nabhal or Nabal = "fool"

    1. a man of Carmel who spurned David's messengers, then died of shock when he realised it might cause his death; his case was pleaded by his wife Abigail who became David's wife after his death

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבָל Nâbâl, naw-bawl'; the same as H5036; dolt; Nabal, an Israelite:—Nabal.
STRONGS H5037: Abbreviations
II. נָבָל proper name, masculine (on popular etymology see 1 Samuel 25:25 below); — a churlish man of Carmel, whose widow David married 1 Samuel 25:3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 19, 25 (twice in verse) (כִּשְׁמוֺ כֶּןהֿ֔וּא נָבָל שְׁמוֺ וּנְּבָלָה עִמּוֺ), 1 Samuel 25:26 10 times 1 Samuel + 2 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 3:3. Greek Version of the LXX Ναβαλ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

25:3; 25:4; 25:5; 25:9; 25:10; 25:14; 25:19; 25:25; 25:25; 25:26

2 Samuel

2:2; 3:3

H5037

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5037 matches the Hebrew נָבָל (nāḇāl),
which occurs 22 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3 - Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4 - And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5 - And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9 - And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:19 - And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:37 - And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:38 - And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - And David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel, had been made prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:2 - So David went there, taking with him his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - And the second, Chileab, whose mother was Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;
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