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. Jeremiah 38:26 מַפִּיל־ ma.pil- · An -ing word: causing it

    then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

  2. Jeremiah 39:9 הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙ ha.no.fe.Lim · An -ing word: simple action

    Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people that remained in the city, the deserters also that fell away to him, and the residue of the people that remained.

  3. Jeremiah 39:9 נָפְל֣וּ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people that remained in the city, the deserters also that fell away to him, and the residue of the people that remained.

  4. Jeremiah 39:18 תִפֹּ֑ל ti.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    For I will surely save thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith Jehovah.

  5. Jeremiah 42:2 תִּפָּל־ ti.pol- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:

  6. Jeremiah 42:9 לְהַפִּ֥יל le.ha.Pil · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:

  7. Jeremiah 44:12 יִפֹּ֗לוּ yi.Po.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

  8. Jeremiah 46:6 וְנָפָֽלוּ׃ ve.na.Fa.lu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

  9. Jeremiah 46:12 נָפְל֥וּ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

  10. Jeremiah 46:16 נָפַ֞ל na.Fal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

  11. Jeremiah 48:32 נָפָֽל׃ na.Fal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah: thy branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage the destroyer is fallen.

  12. Jeremiah 48:44 יִפֹּ֣ל yi.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

  13. Jeremiah 49:21 נִפְלָ֔ם nif.Lam · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    The earth trembleth at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.

  14. Jeremiah 49:26 יִפְּל֥וּ yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts.

  15. Jeremiah 50:15 נָֽפְלוּ֙ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Shout against her round about: she hath submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

  16. Jeremiah 50:30 יִפְּל֥וּ yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah.

  17. Jeremiah 50:32 וְנָפַ֔ל ve.na.Fal · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.

  18. Jeremiah 51:4 וְנָפְל֥וּ ve.na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

  19. Jeremiah 51:8 נָפְלָ֥ה na.fe.Lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

  20. Jeremiah 51:44 נָפָֽלָה׃ na.Fa.lah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

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