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 29:3 נָפְל֖וֹ na.fe.Lo · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away unto me unto this day?

  2. 1 Samuel 31:1 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.

  3. 1 Samuel 31:4 וַיִּפֹּ֖ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

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

  4. 1 Samuel 31:5 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 with him.

  5. 1 Samuel 31:8 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 three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

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