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 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.

  2. 2 Samuel 17:9 כִּנְפֹ֤ל kin.Fol · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

  3. 2 Samuel 17:12 יִפֹּ֥ל yi.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one.

  4. 2 Samuel 19:18 נָפַל֙ na.Fal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And there went over a ferry-boat to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan.

  5. 2 Samuel 20:8 וַתִּפֹּֽל׃ ס va.ti.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

  6. 2 Samuel 20:15 לְהַפִּ֥יל le.ha.Pil · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

  7. 2 Samuel 21:9 וַיִּפְּל֥וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before Jehovah, and they fell all seven together. And they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.

  8. 2 Samuel 21:22 וַיִּפְּל֥וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

  9. 2 Samuel 22:39 וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet.

  10. 2 Samuel 24:14 נִפְּלָה־ ni.pe.lah- · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.

  11. 2 Samuel 24:14 אֶפֹּֽלָה׃ 'e.Po.lah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.

  12. 1 Kings 1:52 יִפֹּ֥ל yi.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.

  13. 1 Kings 8:56 נָפַ֞ל na.Fal · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Blessed be Jehovah, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

  14. 1 Kings 18:7 וַיִּפֹּ֣ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it thou, my lord Elijah?

  15. 1 Kings 18:38 וַתִּפֹּ֣ל va.ti.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

  16. 1 Kings 18:39 וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ vai.yi.pe.Lu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Jehovah, he is God; Jehovah, he is God.

  17. 1 Kings 20:25 הַנֹּפֵ֨ל ha.no.Fel · An -ing word: simple action

    and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

  18. 1 Kings 20:30 וַתִּפֹּל֙ va.ti.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

  19. 1 Kings 22:20 וְיִפֹּ֖ל ve.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner; and another said on that manner.

  20. 2 Kings 1:2 וַיִּפֹּ֨ל vai.yi.Pol · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.

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