Hebrew noun (feminine) · H5038
נְבֵלָה
nebelahneb-ay-law'
carcass
48 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nᵉbêlâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5038is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 38spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5038
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
The King James renders it: (dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.
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
nebelah is rendered "carcass". It stands 48 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Nineteen of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 5:2Or 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.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-eight different ways.
The first use
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.
Leviticus 5:2בְנִבְלַ֨ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nineteen of the word's forty-eight uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- corpse his6
- corpse of5
- the corpse5
- any of carcass their4
- corpse their4
- a carcass3
- in a carcass of3
- in carcass their3
- and in carcass their2
- carcass2
- carcass their2
- corpse your2
and 7 more, 48 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.
The words it stands beside
All 48, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
38 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
- בְּנִבְלָתָ֖ם3
- נְבֵלָה֙3
- נִבְלָתָם֙3
- הַנְּבֵלָ֑ה2
- וּבְנִבְלָתָ֖ם2
- נִבְלַ֣ת2
- נִבְלָתוֹ֙2
- בְנִבְלַ֨ת1
- בְּנִבְלַת֙1
- בְּנִבְלַ֖ת1
- בְּנִבְלַ֤ת1
- בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ1
and 26 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural7HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural6HNcfsc/Sp3mp
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine singular5HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular5HTd/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HR/Ncfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3mp
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcfsc/Sp2ms
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HR/Ncfsc/Sp3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
Leviticus
nineteen uses
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.
- בְנִבְלַ֨תvenivlatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in a carcass of
- בְּנִבְלַת֙benivlatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in a carcass of
- בְּנִבְלַ֖תbenivlatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in a carcass of
The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.
- נְבֵלָה֙nevelahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a carcass
You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
- וּבְנִבְלָתָ֖םuvenivlatamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and in carcass their
They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
- נִבְלָתָ֖םnivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: carcass their
These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
- בְּנִבְלָתָ֖םbenivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in carcass their
and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.
- מִנִּבְלָתָ֑םminivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: any of carcass their
All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
- בְּנִבְלָתָ֖םbenivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in carcass their
and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
- נִבְלָתָ֔םnivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: carcass their
Anything 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.
- מִנִּבְלָתָ֥ם׀minivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: any of carcass their
Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.
- בְּנִבְלָתָ֖םbenivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in carcass their
If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;
- מִנִּבְלָתָ֔םminivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: any of carcass their
but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.
- מִנִּבְלָתָ֖םminivlatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: any of carcass their
If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
- בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּbenivlatahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in carcass its
Whoever 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.
- מִנִּבְלָתָ֔הּminivlatahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: any of carcass its
- נִבְלָתָ֔הּnivlatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: carcass its
And 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.
- נְבֵלָה֙nevelahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a carcass
He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
- נְבֵלָ֧הnevelahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a carcass
Deuteronomy
four uses
Although 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.
- וּבְנִבְלָתָ֖םuvenivlatamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and in carcass their
You 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.
- נְ֠בֵלָהnevelahnoun · feminine singulartagged: carcass
you 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.
- נִבְלָת֜וֹnivlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: corpse his
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
- נִבְלָֽתְךָ֙nivlatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: corpse your
Joshua
one use
He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
- נִבְלָת֣וֹnivlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: corpse his
1 Kings
ten uses
but 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.’”
- נִבְלָתְךָ֖nivlatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: corpse your
As 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.
- נִבְלָתוֹ֙nivlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: corpse his
- הַנְּבֵלָֽה׃hanevelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the corpse
And 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.
- הַנְּבֵלָה֙hanevelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the corpse
- הַנְּבֵלָ֑הhanevelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the corpse
and 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.
- נִבְלָתוֹ֙nivlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: corpse his
- הַנְּבֵלָ֑הhanevelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the corpse
- הַנְּבֵלָ֔הhanevelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the corpse
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.
- נִבְלַ֧תnivlatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: corpse of
Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
- נִבְלָת֖וֹnivlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: corpse his
2 Kings
one use
And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
- נִבְלַ֣תnivlatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: corpse of
Psalms
one use
They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
- נִבְלַ֬תnivlatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: corpse of
Isaiah
two uses
Therefore 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.
- נִבְלָתָ֛םnivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: corpse their
Your 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.
- נְבֵלָתִ֖יnevelatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: corpse my
Jeremiah
eight uses
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.
- נִבְלַ֨תnivlatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: corpse 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.”
- נִבְלַ֣תnivlatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: corpse of
“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.”
- נִבְלָתָם֙nivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: corpse their
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.”
- בְּנִבְלַ֤תbenivlatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with corpse of
And 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.
- נִבְלָתָם֙nivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: corpse their
They 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.
- נִבְלָת֔וֹnivlatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: corpse his
I 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.
- נִבְלָתָם֙nivlatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: corpse their
Therefore 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.
- וְנִבְלָתוֹ֙venivlatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and corpse his
Ezekiel
two uses
“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.”
- וּנְבֵלָ֨הunevelahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a carcass
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
- נְבֵלָה֙nevelahnoun · feminine singulartagged: carcass
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.
