נָפַל

na.phal · to fall: fall

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

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. 2 Kings 1:2 וַיִּפֹּ֨ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.

  2. 2 Kings 2:13 נָפְלָ֖ה na.fe.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

  3. 2 Kings 2:14 נָפְלָ֤ה na.fe.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they were divided hither and thither; and Elisha went over.

  4. 2 Kings 3:19 תַּפִּ֔ילוּ ta.Pi.lu · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.

  5. 2 Kings 3:25 יַפִּ֔ילוּ ya.Pi.lu · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they left the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

  6. 2 Kings 4:37 וַתִּפֹּ֣ל va.ti.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.

  7. 2 Kings 5:21 וַיִּפֹּ֞ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

  8. 2 Kings 6:5 מַפִּ֣יל ma.Pil · An -ing word: causing it

    But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.

  9. 2 Kings 6:5 נָפַ֣ל na.Fal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.

  10. 2 Kings 6:6 נָפָ֑ל na.Fal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.

  11. 2 Kings 7:4 וְנִפְּלָה֙ ve.ni.pe.Lah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

  12. 2 Kings 10:10 יִפֹּ֜ל yi.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of Jehovah, which Jehovah spake concerning the house of Ahab: for Jehovah hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

  13. 2 Kings 14:10 וְנָ֣פַלְתָּ֔ה ve.Na.fal.Tah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

  14. 2 Kings 19:7 וְהִפַּלְתִּ֥יו ve.hi.pal.Tiv · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by me

    Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

  15. 2 Kings 25:11 הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙ ha.no.fe.Lim · An -ing word: simple action

    And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.

  16. 2 Kings 25:11 נָפְלוּ֙ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.

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