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. Psalms 5:10 יִפְּלוּ֮ yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.

  2. Psalms 7:15 וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

  3. Psalms 10:10 וְנָפַ֥ל ve.na.Fal · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

  4. Psalms 16:6 נָֽפְלוּ־ na.fe.lu- · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.

  5. Psalms 18:38 יִ֝פְּל֗וּ yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.

  6. Psalms 20:8 וְנָפָ֑לוּ ve.na.Fa.lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.

  7. Psalms 22:18 יַפִּ֥ילוּ ya.Pi.lu · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

  8. Psalms 27:2 וְנָפָֽלוּ׃ ve.na.Fa.lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

  9. Psalms 35:8 יִפָּל־ yi.pol- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

  10. Psalms 36:12 נָ֭פְלוּ Na.fe.lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    There are the workers of iniquity fallen: They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.

  11. Psalms 37:14 לְ֭הַפִּיל Le.ha.pil · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

  12. Psalms 37:24 יִפֹּ֥ל yi.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.

  13. Psalms 45:5 יִפְּל֑וּ yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; They are in the heart of the king's enemies.

  14. Psalms 55:4 נָפְל֥וּ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

  15. Psalms 57:6 נָפְל֖וּ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah

  16. Psalms 69:9 נָפְל֥וּ na.fe.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

  17. Psalms 73:18 הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם hi.pal.Tam · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

  18. Psalms 78:28 וַ֭יַּפֵּל Vai.ya.pel · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.

  19. Psalms 78:55 וַֽ֭יַּפִּילֵם Vai.ya.pi.lem · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  20. Psalms 78:64 נָפָ֑לוּ na.Fa.lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

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