Hebrew verb · H5034
נָבֵל
nabelnaw-bale'
be senseless; to wither
25 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâbêl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5034is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 22spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5034
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
The King James renders it: disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, [idiom] surely, make vile, wither.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nabel is rendered "be senseless; to wither". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "be senseless".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 18:18Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-two different ways.
The first use
Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
Exodus 18:18נָבֹ֣ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: be senseless, and to wither.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| be senselessStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 18:18Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out… |
| to witherStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- it will wither3
- it withers3
- it has withered2
- withering2
- and he treated with contempt1
- and I will treat with contempt you1
- and like withered fruit1
- and we have withered1
- as withers1
- certainly to wear out1
- it crumbles away1
- of withering1
and 7 more, 25 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 25, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
22 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יִבּ֑וֹל2
- יִבֹּ֑לוּ2
- נָ֣בֵֽל2
- וַיְנַבֵּ֖ל1
- וּכְנֹבֶ֖לֶת1
- וַנָּ֤בֶל1
- וְנִבַּלְתִּ֑יךְ1
- יִבּ֔וֹל1
- יִבּ֨וֹל1
- יִבּוֹלֽוּן׃1
- כִּנְבֹ֤ל1
- מְנַבֵּ֣ל1
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVqp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular1HC/R/Vqrfsa
- Hc/Vhw1cp1Hc/Vhw1cp
- Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp2fs1Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp2fs
- Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc
- verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpj2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular1HVprmsa
Exodus
two uses
Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
- נָבֹ֣לnavolverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to wear out
- תִּבֹּ֔לtibolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will wear yourself out
Deuteronomy
one use
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- וַיְנַבֵּ֖לvaynabelHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he treated with contempt
2 Samuel
one use
Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
- יִבֹּ֑לוּyiboluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they withered
Job
one use
But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
- יִבּ֑וֹלyibolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it crumbles away
Psalms
three uses
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- יִבּ֑וֹלyibolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it withers
Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
- יִבֹּ֑לוּyiboluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they wither
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
- יִבּוֹלֽוּן׃yibolunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they will fade
Proverbs
one use
If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
- נָבַ֥לְתָּnavaltaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have been foolish
Isaiah
eleven uses
For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.
- נֹבֶ֣לֶתnoveletverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: withering
The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
- נָֽבְלָה֙navelahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has withered
- נָבְלָ֖הnavelahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has withered
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
- נֹבֵ֖לnovelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: withering
The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
- נֹבֵל֙novelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: of withering
All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
- יִבּ֔וֹלyibolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will wither
- כִּנְבֹ֤לkinvolpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: as withers
- וּכְנֹבֶ֖לֶתukhenoveletconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: and like withered fruit
The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
- נָ֣בֵֽלnavelverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it withers
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- נָ֣בֵֽלnavelverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it withers
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
- וַנָּ֤בֶלvanavelHc/Vhw1cptagged: and we have withered
Jeremiah
two uses
I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”
- נָבֵ֔לnavelverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will wither
For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
- תְּנַבֵּ֖לtenabelverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you treat with contempt
Ezekiel
one use
Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”
- יִבּ֨וֹלyibolverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will wither
Micah
one use
For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
- מְנַבֵּ֣לmenabelverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: treating with contempt
Nahum
one use
I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.
- וְנִבַּלְתִּ֑יךְvenibaltikhHc/Vpq1cs/Sp2fstagged: and I will treat with contempt you
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
