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Lexicon :: Strong's H5038 - nᵊḇēlâ

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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - ‘Or H176 if H834 a person H5315 touches H5060 any H3605 unclean H2931 thing, H1697 whether H176 a carcass H5038 of an unclean H2931 beast H2416 or H176 the carcass H5038 of unclean H2931 cattle H929 or H176 a carcass H5038 of unclean H2931 swarming H8318 things, H8318 though it is hidden H5956 from him and he is unclean, H2931 then he will be guilty. H816

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:24 - ‘Also the fat H2459 of an animal which dies H5038 and the fat H2459 of an animal H2966 torn H2966 by beasts may be put H6213 to any H3605 other use, H4399 but you must certainly H398 not eat H398 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:8 - ‘You shall not eat H398 of their flesh H1320 nor H3808 touch H5060 their carcasses; H5038 they are unclean H2931 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11 - and they shall be [fn]abhorrent H8263 to you; you may not eat H398 of their flesh, H1320 and their carcasses H5038 you shall detest. H8262

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 - ‘By these, H428 moreover, you will be made H2930 unclean: H2930 whoever H3605 touches H5060 their carcasses H5038 becomes H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening, H6153

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25 - and whoever H3605 picks H5375 up any H4480 of their carcasses H5038 shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 and be unclean H2930 until H5704 evening. H6153

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - ‘Also whatever H3605 walks H1980 on its paws, H3709 among all H3605 the creatures H2416 that walk H1980 on all fours, H702 are unclean H2931 to you; whoever H3605 touches H5060 their carcasses H5038 becomes H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening, H6153

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28 - and the one who picks H5375 up their carcasses H5038 shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 and be unclean H2930 until H5704 evening; H6153 they are unclean H2931 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:35 - ‘Everything, H3605 moreover, on which H834 part of their carcass H5038 may fall H5307 becomes H2930 unclean; H2930 an oven H8574 or a [fn]stove H3600 shall be smashed; H5422 they are unclean H2931 and shall continue H1961 as unclean H2931 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - ‘Nevertheless H389 a spring H4599 or a cistern H953 [fn]collecting H4723 water H4325 shall be clean, H2889 though the one who touches H5060 their carcass H5038 shall be unclean. H2930

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37 - ‘If H3588 a part of their carcass H5038 falls H5307 on any H3605 seed H2233 for sowing H2221 which H834 is to be sown, H2232 it is clean. H2889

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:38 - ‘Though if H3588 water H4325 is put H5414 on the seed H2233 and a part of their carcass H5038 falls H5307 on it, it is unclean H2931 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - ‘Also if H3588 one of the animals H929 dies H4191 which H834 you have for food, H402 the one who touches H5060 its carcass H5038 becomes H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening. H6153

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40 - ‘He too, who eats H398 some H4480 of its carcass H5038 shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 and be unclean H2930 until H5704 evening, H6153 and the one who picks H5375 up its carcass H5038 shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 and be unclean H2930 until H5704 evening. H6153

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - “When any H3605 person H5315 eats H398 an animal which H5038 dies H5038 or is torn H2966 by beasts, whether he is a native H249 or an alien, H1616 he shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 and bathe H7364 in water, H4325 and remain H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening; H6153 then he will become H2891 clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:8 - ‘He shall not eat H398 an animal which H5038 dies H5038 or is torn H2966 by beasts, becoming H2930 unclean H2930 by it; I am the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8 - “The pig, H2386 because H3588 it divides H6536 the hoof H6541 but does not chew the cud, H1625 it is unclean H2931 for you. You shall not eat H398 any H4480 of their flesh H1320 nor H3808 touch H5060 their carcasses. H5038

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - “You shall not eat H398 anything H3605 which H5038 dies H5038 of itself. You may give H5414 it to the alien H1616 who H834 is in your [fn]town, H8179 so that he may eat H398 it, or H176 you may sell H4376 it to a foreigner, H5237 for you are a holy H6918 people H5971 to the LORD H3068 your God. H430 You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother’s H517 milk. H2461

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - his corpse H5038 shall not hang H3885 all night H3885 on the tree, H6086 but you shall surely H6912 bury H6912 him on the same H1931 day H3117 (for he who is hanged H8518 is [fn]accursed H7045 of God), H430 so that you do not defile H2930 your land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 gives H5414 you as an inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26 - “Your carcasses H5038 will be food H3978 to all H3605 birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and to the beasts H929 of the earth, H776 and there H369 will be no H369 one H369 to frighten H2729 them away. H2729

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - He hanged H8518 the king H4428 of Ai H5857 on a tree H6086 until H5704 evening; H6153 and at sunset H8121 H935 Joshua H3091 gave H6680 command H6680 and they took H3381 his body H5038 down H3381 from the tree H6086 and threw H7993 it at the entrance H6607 of the city H5892 gate, H8179 and raised H6965 over H5921 it a great H1419 heap H1530 of stones H68 that stands to this H2088 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22 - but have returned H7725 and eaten H398 bread H3899 and drunk H8354 water H4325 in the place H4725 of which H834 He said H1696 to you, “Eat H398 no H408 bread H3899 and drink H8354 no H408 water”; H4325 your body H5038 shall not come H935 to the grave H6913 of your fathers.’” H1

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:24 - Now when he had gone, H1980 a lion H738 met H4672 him on the way H1870 and killed H4191 him, and his body H5038 was thrown H7993 on the road, H1870 with the donkey H2543 standing H5975 beside H681 it; the lion H738 also was standing H5975 beside H681 the body. H5038

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - And behold, H2009 men H376 passed H5674 by and saw H7200 the body H5038 thrown H7993 on the road, H1870 and the lion H738 standing H5975 beside H681 the body; H5038 so they came H935 and told H1696 it in the city H5892 where H834 the old H2205 prophet H5030 lived. H3427

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - He went H1980 and found H4672 his body H5038 thrown H7993 on the road H1870 with the donkey H2543 and the lion H738 standing H5975 beside H681 the body; H5038 the lion H738 had not eaten H398 the body H5038 nor H3808 torn H7665 the donkey. H2543

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - So the prophet H5030 took H5375 up the body H5038 of the man H376 of God H430 and laid H5117 it on the donkey H2543 and brought H7725 it back, H7725 and he came H935 to the city H5892 of the old H2205 prophet H5030 to mourn H5594 and to bury H6912 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - He laid H5117 his body H5038 in his own grave, H6913 and they mourned H5594 over H5921 him, saying, “Alas, H1945 my brother!” H251

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:37 - and the corpse H5038 of Jezebel H348 will be as dung H1828 on the face H6440 of the field H7704 in the [fn]property H2506 of Jezreel, H3157 so H834 they cannot H3808 say, H559 “This H2088 is Jezebel.”’” H348

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 - They have given H5414 the dead H5038 bodies H5038 of Your servants H5650 for food H3978 to the birds H5775 of the heavens, H8064
The flesh H1320 of Your godly H2623 ones H2623 to the beasts H2416 of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:25 - On this H3651 account H3651 the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 has burned H2734 against His people, H5971
And He has stretched H5186 out His hand H3027 against H5921 them and struck H5221 them down. H5221
And the mountains H2022 quaked, H7264 and their corpses H5038 [fn]lay H1961 like refuse H5478 in the middle H7130 of the streets. H2351
For all H3605 this H2088 His anger H639 [fn]is not spent, H7725
But His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - Your dead H4191 will live; H2421
[fn]Their corpses H5038 will rise. H6965
You who lie H7931 in the dust, H6083 awake H6974 and shout H7442 for joy, H7442
For your dew H2919 is as the dew H2919 of the [fn]dawn, H219
And the earth H776 will [fn]give H5307 birth H5307 to the [fn]departed H7496 spirits. H7496

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - “The dead H5038 bodies H5038 of this H2088 people H5971 will be food H3978 for the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and for the beasts H929 of the earth; H776 and no H369 one H369 will frighten H2729 them away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:22 - Speak, H1696 “Thus H3541 says H5002 the LORD, H3068
‘The corpses H5038 of men H120 will fall H5307 like dung H1828 on the open H6440 field, H7704
And like the sheaf H5995 after H4480 H310 the reaper, H7114
But no H369 one H369 will gather H622 them.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - “They will die H4191 of deadly H4463 diseases, H8463 they will not be lamented H5594 or buried; H6912 they will be as dung H1828 on the surface H6440 of the ground H127 and come H3615 to an end H3615 by sword H2719 and famine, H7458 and their carcasses H5038 will become H1961 food H3978 for the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and for the beasts H929 of the earth.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18 - “I will first H7223 doubly H4932 repay H7999 their iniquity H5771 and their sin, H2403 because H5921 they have polluted H2490 My land; H776 they have filled H4390 My inheritance H5159 with the carcasses H5038 of their detestable H8251 idols H8251 and with their abominations.” H8441

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “I will make H1238 void H1238 the counsel H6098 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 in this H2088 place, H4725 and I will cause them to fall H5307 by the sword H2719 before H6440 their enemies H340 and by the hand H3027 of those who seek H1245 their life; H5315 and I will give H5414 over their carcasses H5038 as food H3978 for the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and the beasts H929 of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23 - And they brought H3318 Uriah H223 from Egypt H4714 and led H935 him to King H4428 Jehoiakim, H3079 who slew H5221 him with a sword H2719 and cast H7993 his dead H5038 body H5038 into the [fn]burial H6913 place H6913 of the [fn]common H1121 people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - I will give H5414 them into the hand H3027 of their enemies H340 and into the hand H3027 of those who seek H1245 their life. H5315 And their dead H5038 bodies H5038 will be food H3978 for the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and the beasts H929 of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30 - ‘Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 “He shall have H1961 no H3808 one to sit H3427 on the throne H3678 of David, H1732 and his dead H5038 body H5038 shall be cast H7993 out to the heat H2721 of the day H3117 and the frost H7140 of the night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - But I said, H559 “Ah, H162 Lord H136 [fn]GOD! H3068 Behold, H2009 I have never H3808 been H2930 defiled; H2930 for from my youth H5271 until H5704 now H6258 I have never H3808 eaten H398 what H5038 died H5038 of itself or was torn H2966 by beasts, H2966 nor H3808 has any unclean H6292 meat H1320 ever entered H935 my mouth.” H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:31 - “The priests H3548 shall not eat H398 any H3605 bird H5775 or beast H929 that has died H5038 a natural H5038 death H5038 or has been torn H2966 to pieces. H2966
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