HebrewH5039Noun (Feminine)

נְבָלָה

ne.va.lah

12Occurrences
H5039Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment

feminine of H5036 (נָבָל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. senselessness, folly 1a) disgraceful folly 1a1) of immorality, profane actions 1b) disgrace, contumely disgrace

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

נְבָלָה appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
4
1 Samuel
1
2 Samuel
1
Deuteronomy
1
Genesis
1
Isaiah
1
Jeremiah
1
Job
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 25:25BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 22:21BSB

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.

Isaiah 32:6BSB

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.

Judges 19:24BSB

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.”

Judges 20:10BSB

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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