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 Samuel 3:19 הִפִּ֥יל hi.Pil · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

  2. 1 Samuel 4:10 וַיִּפֹּל֙ vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

  3. 1 Samuel 4:18 וַיִּפֹּ֣ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

  4. 1 Samuel 5:3 נֹפֵ֤ל no.Fel · An -ing word: simple action

    And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

  5. 1 Samuel 5:4 נֹפֵ֤ל no.Fel · An -ing word: simple action

    And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

  6. 1 Samuel 11:7 וַיִּפֹּ֤ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the dread of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

  7. 1 Samuel 14:13 וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearer slew them after him.

  8. 1 Samuel 14:42 הַפִּ֕ילוּ ha.Pi.lu · A command to all of you: causing it

    And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

  9. 1 Samuel 14:45 יִפֹּ֞ל yi.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

  10. 1 Samuel 17:32 יִפֹּ֥ל yi.Pol · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

  11. 1 Samuel 17:49 וַיִּפֹּ֥ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth.

  12. 1 Samuel 17:52 וַֽיִּפְּל֞וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

  13. 1 Samuel 18:25 לְהַפִּ֥יל le.ha.Pil · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

  14. 1 Samuel 19:24 וַיִּפֹּ֣ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

  15. 1 Samuel 20:41 וַיִּפֹּ֨ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

  16. 1 Samuel 25:23 וַתִּפֹּ֞ל va.ti.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

  17. 1 Samuel 25:24 וַתִּפֹּל֙ va.ti.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

  18. 1 Samuel 26:12 נָפְלָ֖ה na.fe.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they gat them away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Jehovah was fallen upon them.

  19. 1 Samuel 26:20 יִפֹּ֤ל yi.Pol · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

  20. 1 Samuel 28:20 וַיִּפֹּ֤ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Saul fell straightway his full length upon the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

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