נָפַל

na.phal · to fall: fall

Hebrew · Strong's H5307 · Verb · Sounds like: naw-fal' · 435 occurrences

English

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to fall: fall H5307G 277
  • to fall: kill H5307J · a Meaning of 98
  • to fall: allot H5307I · a Meaning of 26
  • to fall: deserting H5307H · a Meaning of 17
  • to fall: fell(trees) H5307M · a Meaning of 6
  • to fall: fail H5307L · a Meaning of 5
  • to fall: presenting H5307N · a Meaning of 4
  • to fall: angry H5307K · a Meaning of 2

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
נָפַל 433 vb. fall, lie
Qal 366
1. fall, by accident
2.
a. Esp. of violent death
b. fig. = go to ruin, perish, etc.
c. fig. = experience calamity
d. fall, of a city
3.
a. Fall prostrate
b. fall = prostrate oneself before
c. fall upon one's neck, in embrace
4.
a. Fall upon = attack
b. desert or fall away to, go over to
5. Fig., of deep sleep
6. Other idiomatic uses
7. = lie; = lie prostrate
Hiph.
1. cause to fall
2. Of causing death; = overthrow, bring to destruction
3. Esp. of casting lot
4. Fig., let drop, cause to fail
5. cause deep sleep to fall
6. Other idioms
Hithp. throw, or prostrate oneself

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:10 וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.

  2. 1 Chronicles 5:22 נָפָ֔לוּ na.Fa.lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.

  3. 1 Chronicles 10:1 וַיִּפְּל֥וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

  4. 1 Chronicles 10:4 וַיִּפֹּ֖ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then said Saul unto his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

  5. 1 Chronicles 10:5 וַיִּפֹּ֥ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died.

  6. 1 Chronicles 10:8 נֹפְלִ֖ים no.fe.Lim · An -ing word: simple action

    And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

  7. 1 Chronicles 12:19 נָפְל֣וּ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

  8. 1 Chronicles 12:19 יִפּ֖וֹל yi.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

  9. 1 Chronicles 12:20 נָפְל֣וּ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands that were of Manasseh.

  10. 1 Chronicles 20:8 וַיִּפְּל֥וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

  11. 1 Chronicles 21:13 אֶפְּלָה־ 'e.pe.lah- · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

  12. 1 Chronicles 21:13 אֶפֹּֽל׃ 'e.Pol · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

  13. 1 Chronicles 21:14 וַיִּפֹּל֙ vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

  14. 1 Chronicles 21:16 וַיִּפֹּ֨ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

  15. 1 Chronicles 24:31 וַיַּפִּילוּ֩ vai.ya.pi.Lu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers' houses of the chief even as those of his younger brother.

  16. 1 Chronicles 25:8 וַיַּפִּ֜ילוּ vai.ya.Pi.lu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

  17. 1 Chronicles 26:13 וַיַּפִּ֨ילוּ vai.ya.Pi.lu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

  18. 1 Chronicles 26:14 וַיִּפֹּ֧ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

  19. 1 Chronicles 26:14 הִפִּ֙ילוּ֙ hi.Pi.lu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

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