נָבֵל
nâbêl · naw-bale'
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
- to wilt
- generally, to fall away, fail, faint
- figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked
- causatively, to despise, disgrace
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, [idiom] surely, make vile, wither.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
The seed, life continuing of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָבֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- fadeth3 · 12%
- shall fade away2 · 8%
- and fadeth away2 · 8%
- thou wilt surely1 · 4%
- wear away1 · 4%
- him, and lightly esteemed1 · 4%
- cometh to nought1 · 4%
- also shall not wither1 · 4%
- and wither1 · 4%
- if thou hast done foolishly1 · 4%
- is a fading1 · 4%
- shall be a fading1 · 4%
- shall fall down1 · 4%
- falleth off1 · 4%
- and as a falling1 · 4%
- and we all do fade1 · 4%
- shall fade1 · 4%
- sake, do not disgrace1 · 4%
- shall not fade1 · 4%
- dishonoureth1 · 4%
- upon thee, and make thee vile1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.