נָבָל
Nâbâl · naw-bawl'
Nabal, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H5036 (נָבָל); dolt;
Nabal, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Nabal.
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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of nabal5 · 23%
- to nabal3 · 14%
- nabal's3 · 14%
- that nabal2 · 9%
- nabal2 · 9%
- was nabal1 · 5%
- and nabal1 · 5%
- even nabal1 · 5%
- is, so is he; nabal1 · 5%
- be as nabal1 · 5%
- unto nabal1 · 5%
- and nabal's1 · 5%
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.