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Lexicon :: Strong's H5037 - nāḇāl

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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 the man’s H376 name H8034 was Nabal, H5037 and his wife’s H802 name H8034 was Abigail. H26 And the woman H802 was [fn]intelligent H2896 H7922 and beautiful H3303 in appearance, H8389 but the man H376 was harsh H7186 and evil H7451 in his dealings, H4611 and he was a Calebite), H3614

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4 - that David H1732 heard H8085 in the wilderness H4057 that Nabal H5037 was shearing H1494 his sheep. H6629

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5 - So David H1732 sent H7971 ten H6235 young H5288 men; H5288 and David H1732 said H559 to the young H5288 men, H5288 “Go H5927 up to Carmel, H3760 [fn]visit H935 H413 Nabal H5037 and greet H7592 H7965 him in my name; H8034

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9 - When David’s H1732 young H5288 men H5288 came, H935 they spoke H1696 to Nabal H5037 according to all H3605 these H428 words H1697 in David’s H1732 name; H8034 then they waited. H5117

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - But Nabal H5037 answered H6030 David’s H1732 servants H5650 and said, H559 “Who H4310 is David? H1732 And who H4310 is the son H1121 of Jesse? H3448 There are many H7231 servants H5650 today H3117 who are each H376 breaking H6555 away H6555 from his master. H113

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - But one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 told H5046 Abigail, H26 Nabal’s H5037 wife, H802 saying, H559 “Behold, H2009 David H1732 sent H7971 messengers H4397 from the wilderness H4057 to [fn]greet H1288 our master, H113 and he scorned H5860 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:19 - She said H559 to her young H5288 men, H5288 “Go H5674 on before H6440 me; behold, H2009 I am coming H935 after H310 you.” But she did not tell H5046 her husband H376 Nabal. H5037

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - “Please H4994 do not let my lord H113 [fn]pay H7760 attention H3820 to this H2088 [fn]worthless H1100 man, H376 Nabal, H5037 for as his name H8034 is, so H3651 is he. [fn]Nabal H5037 is his name H8034 and folly H5039 is with him; but I your maidservant H519 did not see H7200 the young H5288 men H5288 of my lord H113 whom H834 you sent. H7971

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - “Now H6258 therefore, my lord, H113 as the LORD H3068 lives, H2416 and as your soul H5315 lives, H2416 since H834 the LORD H3068 has restrained H4513 you from [fn]shedding H935 blood, H1818 and from [fn]avenging H3467 yourself by your own hand, H3027 now H6258 then let your enemies H340 and those who seek H1245 evil H7451 against H413 my lord, H113 be as Nabal. H5037

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - “Nevertheless, H199 as the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 lives, H2416 who H834 has restrained H4513 me from harming H7489 you, unless H3588 H3884 you had come H935 quickly H4116 to meet H7122 me, surely H3588 H518 there would not have been left H3498 to Nabal H5037 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216 as much as one [fn]male.” H8366 H7023

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - Then Abigail H26 came H935 to Nabal, H5037 and behold, H2009 he was holding a feast H4960 in his house, H1004 like the feast H4960 of a king. H4428 And Nabal’s H5037 heart H3820 was merry H2895 within H5921 him, for he was very H5704 H3966 drunk; H7910 so she did not tell H5046 him anything H1697 [fn]at all H6996 H1419 until H5704 the morning H1242 light. H216

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:37 - But in the morning, H1242 when the wine H3196 had gone H3318 out of Nabal, H5037 his wife H802 told H5046 him these H428 things, H1697 and his heart H3820 died H4191 within H7130 him so that he became H1961 as a stone. H68

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:38 - About ten H6235 days H3117 later, the LORD H3068 struck H5062 Nabal H5037 and he died. H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - When David H1732 heard H8085 that Nabal H5037 was dead, H4191 he said, H559 “Blessed H1288 be the LORD, H3068 who H834 has pleaded H7378 the cause H7379 of my reproach H2781 from the hand H3027 of Nabal H5037 and has kept H2820 back H2820 His servant H5650 from evil. H7451 The LORD H3068 has also returned H7725 the evildoing H7451 of Nabal H5037 on his own head.” H7218 Then David H1732 sent H7971 [fn]a proposal H1696 to Abigail, H26 to take H3947 her as his wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - And David H1732 lived H3427 with Achish H397 at Gath, H1661 he and his men, H376 each H376 with his household, H1004 even David H1732 with his two H8147 wives, H802 Ahinoam H293 the Jezreelitess, H3159 and Abigail H26 the Carmelitess, H3761 Nabal’s H5037 [fn]widow. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - Now David’s H1732 two H8147 wives H802 had been taken H7617 captive, H7628 Ahinoam H293 the Jezreelitess H3159 and Abigail H26 the [fn]widow H802 of Nabal H5037 the Carmelite. H3761

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:2 - So David H1732 went H5927 up there, H8033 and his two H8147 wives H802 also, H1571 Ahinoam H293 the Jezreelitess H3159 and Abigail H26 the [fn]widow H802 of Nabal H5037 the Carmelite. H3761

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - and his second, H4932 Chileab, H3609 by Abigail H26 the [fn]widow H802 of Nabal H5037 the Carmelite; H3761 and the third, H7992 Absalom H53 the son H1121 of Maacah, H4601 the daughter H1323 of Talmai, H8526 king H4428 of Geshur; H1650
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