נְבָלָה
ne.va.lah
“folly”
Definition
foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment
feminine of H5036 (נָבָל);
- senselessness, folly 1a) disgraceful folly 1a1) of immorality, profane actions 1b) disgrace, contumely disgrace
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
נְבָלָה appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
For a fool speaks foolishness;his mind plots iniquity.He practices ungodlinessand speaks falsely about the LORD;he leaves the hungry emptyand deprives the thirsty of drink.
Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
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