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

    it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

  2. 2 Samuel 1:4 נָפַ֤ל na.Fal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

  3. 2 Samuel 1:10 נִפְל֑וֹ nif.Lo · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

  4. 2 Samuel 1:12 נָפְל֖וּ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

  5. 2 Samuel 1:19 נָפְל֥וּ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!

  6. 2 Samuel 1:25 נָפְל֣וּ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.

  7. 2 Samuel 1:27 נָפְל֣וּ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    How are the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!

  8. 2 Samuel 2:16 וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

  9. 2 Samuel 2:23 וַיִּפָּל־ vai.yi.pol- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

  10. 2 Samuel 2:23 נָ֨פַל Na.fal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

  11. 2 Samuel 3:29 וְנֹפֵ֥ל ve.no.Fel · An -ing word: simple action

    let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

  12. 2 Samuel 3:34 כִּנְפ֛וֹל kin.Fol · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him.

  13. 2 Samuel 3:34 נָפָ֑לְתָּ na.Fal.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him.

  14. 2 Samuel 3:38 נָפַ֛ל na.Fal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

  15. 2 Samuel 4:4 וַיִּפֹּ֥ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

  16. 2 Samuel 9:6 וַיִּפֹּ֥ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold, thy servant!

  17. 2 Samuel 11:17 וַיִּפֹּ֥ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

  18. 2 Samuel 14:4 וַתִּפֹּ֧ל va.ti.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

  19. 2 Samuel 14:11 יִפֹּ֛ל yi.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

  20. 2 Samuel 14:22 וַיִּפֹּל֩ vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found favor in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of his servant.

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