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. Psalms 82:7 תִּפֹּֽלוּ׃ ti.Po.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.

  2. Psalms 91:7 יִפֹּ֤ל yi.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; But it shall not come nigh thee.

  3. Psalms 105:38 נָפַ֖ל na.Fal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.

  4. Psalms 106:26 לְהַפִּ֥יל le.ha.Pil · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

  5. Psalms 106:27 וּלְהַפִּ֣יל u.le.ha.Pil · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.

  6. Psalms 118:13 לִנְפֹּ֑ל lin.Pol · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.

  7. Psalms 140:10 יַפִּלֵ֑ם ya.pi.Lem · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.

  8. Psalms 141:10 יִפְּל֣וּ yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.

  9. Psalms 145:14 הַנֹּפְלִ֑ים ha.no.fe.Lim · An -ing word: simple action

    Jehovah upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth up all those that are bowed down.

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