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Lexicon :: Strong's H5038 - nᵊḇēlâ

Aa
נְבֵלָה
Transliteration
nᵊḇēlâ
Pronunciation
neb-ay-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1286a

Strong’s Definitions

נְבֵלָה nᵉbêlâh, neb-ay-law'; from H5034; a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol:—(dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H5038 in the following manner: carcase (36x), dead body (5x), dieth of itself (4x), dead of itself (1x), died (1x), body (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's H5038 in the following manner: carcase (36x), dead body (5x), dieth of itself (4x), dead of itself (1x), died (1x), body (1x).

  1. carcass, corpse

    1. of humans, idols, animals

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְבֵלָה nᵉbêlâh, neb-ay-law'; from H5034; a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol:—(dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.
STRONGS H5038: Abbreviations
† נְבֵלָה noun feminine carcass, corpse (as inert, flabby); — נ׳ absolute 1 Kings 13:24 +; construct נִבְלַת 1 Kings 13:29 +; suffix נְבֵלָתִי Isaiah 26:19; נִבְלָֽתְךָ Deuteronomy 28:26; 1 Kings 13:22; נֵבְלָתוֺ + Josh 82:9 + 6 times; נִבְלָתָהּ Leviticus 11:39, 40 (twice in verse); נִבְלָתָם Isaiah 5:25 + 14 times; — carcass, corpse:
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a. human (not in Ezekiel, P, (H), which use פֶּגֶר); Joshua 8:29 (JE), 1 Kings 13:22, 24 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:25 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:28 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 13:29, 30; 2 Kings 9:37; Jeremiah 26:23; Jeremiah 36:30; Deuteronomy 21:23; Deuteronomy 28:26; collective corpses Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 26:19 (wish for restoration to life), Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 9:21; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7; Jeremiah 34:20; Psalm 79:2.
b. of lifeless idols, collective נִבְלַת שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם וגו׳ Jeremiah 16:18.
2. of animals (clean and unclean, wild animals, cattle, birds and reptiles, chiefly Leviticus, Ezekiel), Deuteronomy 14:8; Leviticus 5:2 (3 times in verse); Leviticus 11:8, 11, 24, 25, 27, 28, 35, 36, 37, 38; Leviticus 17:15 (all P); נ׳ specifically = body of animal dying of itself Deuteronomy 14:21; Leviticus 7:24; Leviticus 11:39, 40 (twice in verse) (P), Leviticus 22:8 (H), Ezekiel 4:14; Ezekiel 44:31.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

5:2; 7:24; 11:8; 11:11; 11:24; 11:25; 11:27; 11:28; 11:35; 11:36; 11:37; 11:38; 11:39; 11:39; 11:40; 11:40; 17:15; 22:8

Deuteronomy

14:8; 14:21; 21:23; 28:26; 28:26

Joshua

8:29

1 Kings

13:22; 13:22; 13:24; 13:24; 13:25; 13:28; 13:29; 13:29; 13:30

2 Kings

9:37

Psalms

79:2

Isaiah

5:25; 5:25; 26:19; 26:19

Jeremiah

7:33; 9:21; 16:4; 16:18; 19:7; 26:23; 34:20; 36:30

Ezekiel

4:14; 44:31

H5038

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5038 matches the Hebrew נְבֵלָה (nᵊḇēlâ),
which occurs 48 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - If anyone becomes unclean through touching unconsciously some unclean thing, such as the dead body of an unclean beast or of unclean cattle or of any unclean animal which goes flat on the earth, he will be responsible:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:24 - And the fat of that which comes to a natural death, and the fat of that which is attacked by beasts, may be used for other purposes, but not in any way for food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:8 - Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11 - They may not be used for food, and their dead bodies are disgusting to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 - By these you will be made unclean; anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean till evening:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25 - Whoever takes away the dead body of one of them is to have his clothing washed, and will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - Any four-footed beast which goes on the ball of its foot, is unclean to you: anyone touching the dead body of one of these will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28 - Anyone who takes away the dead body of one of these is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:35 - Any part of the dead body of one of these, falling on anything, will make it unclean; if it is an oven or a cooking-pot it will have to be broken: they are unclean and will be unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - But at the same time a fountain or a place where water is stored for use will be clean; but anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37 - If any part of the dead body of one of these gets on to any seed for planting, it is clean;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:38 - But if water is put on the seed, and any part of the dead body gets on to it, it will be unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - And if any beast which may be used for food comes to a natural death, anyone touching its dead body will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40 - And he who makes use of any part of its body for food is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening; and anyone taking away its body is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - And anyone who takes as food anything which has come to a natural end, or anything which has been put to death by beasts, if he is one of you by birth, or of another nation, will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening, and then he will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:8 - That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8 - And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26 - Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And he put the king of Ai to death, hanging him on a tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave them orders to take his body down from the tree, and put it in the public place of the town, covering it with a great mass of stones, which is there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22 - But have come back, and have taken food and water in this place where he said you were to take no food or water; your dead body will not be put to rest with your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - And he went on his way; but on the road a lion came rushing at him and put him to death; and his dead body was stretched in the road with the ass by its side, and the lion was there by the body.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And some men, going by, saw the body stretched out in the road with the lion by its side; and they came and gave news of it in the town where the old prophet was living.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - And he went and saw the dead body stretched out in the road with the ass and the lion by its side: the lion had not taken the body for its food or done any damage to the ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - Then the prophet took up the body of the man of God and put it on the ass and took it back; and he came to the town to put the body to rest with weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - And he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, saying, O my brother!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:37 - And the dead body of Jezebel will be like waste dropped on the face of the earth in the heritage of Jezreel; so that they will not be able to say, This is Jezebel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 - They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, and the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:25 - For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been stretched out against them in punishment, and the hills were shaking, and their dead bodies were like waste in the open places of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - And the bodies of this people will be food for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth; and there will be no one to send them away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:22 - The bodies of men will be falling like waste on the open fields, and like grain dropped by the grain-cutter, and no one will take them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - Death from evil diseases will overtake them; there will be no weeping for them and their bodies will not be put to rest; they will be like waste on the face of the earth: the sword and need of food will put an end to them; their dead bodies will be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18 - And I will give them the reward of their evil-doing and their sin twice over; because they have made my land unclean, and have made my heritage full of the bodies of their unholy and disgusting things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - I will make the purpose of Judah and Jerusalem come to nothing in this place; I will have them put to the sword by their haters, and by the hands of those who have designs on their life; and their dead bodies I will give to be food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23 - And they took Uriah out of Egypt and came back with him to Jehoiakim the king; who put him to death with the sword, and had his dead body put into the resting-place of the bodies of the common people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - Even these I will give up into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives: and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30 - For this reason the Lord has said of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, He will have no son to take his place on the seat of David: his dead body will be put out to undergo the heat of the day and the cold of the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:31 - The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.
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