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. Isaiah 31:8 וְנָפַ֤ל ve.na.Fal · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.

  2. Isaiah 34:17 הִפִּ֤יל hi.Pil · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

  3. Isaiah 37:7 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 unto his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

  4. Isaiah 47:11 וְתִפֹּ֤ל ve.ti.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know the dawning thereof: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou knowest not.

  5. Isaiah 54:15 יִפּֽוֹל׃ yi.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.

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