נָבָל
nâbâl · naw-bawl'
stupid; wicked (especially impious)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5034 (נָבֵל);
stupid; wicked (especially impious)
- stupid
- wicked (especially impious)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.
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 נָבָל 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the fool2 · 11%
- o foolish1 · 6%
- with a foolish1 · 6%
- as a fool1 · 6%
- of the fools1 · 6%
- of the foolish women1 · 6%
- of fools1 · 6%
- of the foolish1 · 6%
- and that the foolish1 · 6%
- how the foolish man1 · 6%
- not a fool1 · 6%
- of a fool1 · 6%
- and a fool1 · 6%
- the vile person1 · 6%
- for the vile person1 · 6%
- shall be a fool1 · 6%
- unto the foolish1 · 6%
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.