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HebrewH5307Verb

נָפַל

na.phal

382Occurrences
H5307Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
fall/drop/fail 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fall 1a2) to fall (of violent death) 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate 1b2) to overthrow 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.) 1b5) to cause to fall 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon 1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself 1d) (Pilel) to fall

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

נָפַל appears 382 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
50
Jeremiah
39
2 Samuel
26
1 Samuel
25
Isaiah
22
Judges
18
Psalms
18
Genesis
17

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:1BSB

Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

2 Samuel 11:17BSB

And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

Ezk 30:4BSB

Verse text unavailable

Judges 12:6BSB

they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.”If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.

Joshua 21:45BSB

Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.