Word Study · Strong's H5038 · Hebrew
נְבֵלָה
nebelah
neb-ay-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: nᵉbêlâh
“a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
Rendered in the KJV as
(dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.
- 48occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 38inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 48 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 38
- בְּנִבְלָתָ֖ם3
- נְבֵלָה֙3
- נִבְלָתָם֙3
- הַנְּבֵלָ֑ה2
- וּבְנִבְלָתָ֖ם2
- נִבְלַ֣ת2
- נִבְלָתוֹ֙2
- בְנִבְלַ֨ת1
- בְּנִבְלַת֙1
- בְּנִבְלַ֖ת1
- בְּנִבְלַ֤ת1
- בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ1
and 26 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 21
- corpse his6
- the corpse5
- any of carcass their4
- [the] corpse[s] of3
- a carcass3
- in a carcass of3
- in carcass their3
- [the] corpse of2
- and in carcass their2
- carcass2
- carcass their2
- corpse their2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural7
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural6
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6
- noun · feminine singular5
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular5
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp · 7
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 6
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 6
- HNcfsa · 5
- HNcfsc · 5
- HTd/Ncfsa · 5
- HR/Ncfsc · 4
- HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3mp · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 2
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3fs · 2
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 48, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Leviticus19 of 48 · 40%
- 1 Kings10 of 48 · 21%
- Jeremiah8 of 48 · 17%
- Deuteronomy4 of 48 · 8%
- Isaiah2 of 48 · 4%
Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus19 occurrences
- Leviticus 5:2בְנִבְלַ֨תvenivlatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.here: in a carcass of
- Leviticus 5:2בְּנִבְלַת֙benivlatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.here: in a carcass of
- Leviticus 5:2בְּנִבְלַ֖תbenivlatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.here: in a carcass of
- Leviticus 7:24נְבֵלָה֙nevelahnoun · feminine singularThe fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.here: a carcass
- Leviticus 11:8וּבְנִבְלָתָ֖םuvenivlatamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYou must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.here: and in carcass their
- Leviticus 11:11נִבְלָתָ֖םnivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.here: carcass their
- Leviticus 11:24בְּנִבְלָתָ֖םbenivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThese creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,here: in carcass their
- Leviticus 11:25מִנִּבְלָתָ֑םminivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraland whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.here: any of carcass their
- Leviticus 11:27בְּנִבְלָתָ֖םbenivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAll the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,here: in carcass their
- Leviticus 11:28נִבְלָתָ֔םnivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraland anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.here: carcass their
- Leviticus 11:35מִנִּבְלָתָ֥ם׀minivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAnything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.here: any of carcass their
- Leviticus 11:36בְּנִבְלָתָ֖םbenivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralNevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.here: in carcass their
- Leviticus 11:37מִנִּבְלָתָ֔םminivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralIf a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;here: any of carcass their
- Leviticus 11:38מִנִּבְלָתָ֖םminivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralbut if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.here: any of carcass their
- Leviticus 11:39בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּbenivlatahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularIf an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.here: in carcass its
- Leviticus 11:40מִנִּבְלָתָ֔הּminivlatahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularWhoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.here: any of carcass its
- Leviticus 11:40נִבְלָתָ֔הּnivlatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularWhoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.here: carcass its
- Leviticus 17:15נְבֵלָה֙nevelahnoun · feminine singularAnd any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.here: a carcass
- Leviticus 22:8נְבֵלָ֧הnevelahnoun · feminine singularHe must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.here: a carcass
Deuteronomy4 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 14:8וּבְנִבְלָתָ֖םuvenivlatamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAlthough they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.here: and in carcass their
- Deuteronomy 14:21נְ֠בֵלָהnevelahnoun · feminine singularYou are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.here: carcass
- Deuteronomy 21:23נִבְלָת֜וֹnivlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularyou must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.here: corpse his
- Deuteronomy 28:26נִבְלָֽתְךָ֙nivlatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYour corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.here: corpse your
1 Kings10 occurrences
- 1 Kings 13:22נִבְלָתְךָ֖nivlatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularbut you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”here: corpse your
- 1 Kings 13:24נִבְלָתוֹ֙nivlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAs he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.here: corpse his
- 1 Kings 13:24הַנְּבֵלָֽה׃hanevelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAs he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.here: the corpse
- 1 Kings 13:25הַנְּבֵלָה֙hanevelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.here: the corpse
- 1 Kings 13:25הַנְּבֵלָ֑הhanevelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.here: the corpse
- 1 Kings 13:28נִבְלָתוֹ֙nivlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularand he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.here: corpse his
- 1 Kings 13:28הַנְּבֵלָ֑הhanevelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularand he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.here: the corpse
- 1 Kings 13:28הַנְּבֵלָ֔הhanevelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularand he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.here: the corpse
- 1 Kings 13:29נִבְלַ֧תnivlatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.here: [the] corpse of
- 1 Kings 13:30נִבְלָת֖וֹnivlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”here: corpse his
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:25נִבְלָתָ֛םnivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTherefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.here: corpse their
- Isaiah 26:19נְבֵלָתִ֖יnevelatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYour dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.here: corpse my
Jeremiah8 occurrences
- Jeremiah 7:33נִבְלַ֨תnivlatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.here: [the] corpse[s] of
- Jeremiah 9:22נִבְלַ֣תnivlatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”here: [the] corpse[s] of
- Jeremiah 16:4נִבְלָתָם֙nivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”here: corpse[s] their
- Jeremiah 16:18בְּנִבְלַ֤תbenivlatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”here: with [the] corpse[s] of
- Jeremiah 19:7נִבְלָתָם֙nivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAnd in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.here: corpse[s] their
- Jeremiah 26:23נִבְלָת֔וֹnivlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThey brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.here: corpse his
- Jeremiah 34:20נִבְלָתָם֙nivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralI will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.here: corpse their
- Jeremiah 36:30וְנִבְלָתוֹ֙venivlatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularTherefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.here: and corpse his
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 4:14וּנְבֵלָ֨הunevelahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”here: and a carcass
- Ezekiel 44:31נְבֵלָה֙nevelahnoun · feminine singularThe priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.here: carcass