H5036 - נָבָל (nâbâl)

H5036 נָבָל (nâbâl) naw-bawl'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

foolish

Strong's Definition

stupid; wicked (especially impious)

Derivation: from H5034 (נָבֵל);

KJV Usage: fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.

TWOT Reference: 1285a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) foolish, senseless, fool

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G521 G801 G878 G3474

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

foolish, senseless, fool

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נָבָל nâbâl BDB Definition: 1) foolish, senseless, fool Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5034 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1285a Total KJV Occurrences: 17

Bible Occurrences (18)

32:6 32:21

3:33 13:13

2:10 30:8

14:1 39:8 53:1 74:18 74:22

17:7 17:21 30:22

32:5 32:6

17:11

13:3

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless... people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

Deuteronomy 32:21

They have provoked My jealousy by [that which is] not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.

2 Samuel 3:33

And the king sang this lament for Abner...: Should Abner die the death of a fool?

2 Samuel 13:13

Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel!... Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.

Job 2:10

You speak as a foolish woman speaks,... he told her. Should we accept from God only good and not... adversity? In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Job 30:8

A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

Proverbs 17:7

Eloquent words are unfit... for a fool; how much worse... are lying lips to a ruler!

Proverbs 17:21

A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.