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Word Study · Strong's H5307 · Hebrew

נָפַל

naphal

naw-fal'

Strong's 1890 spelling: nâphal

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

Rendered in the KJV as

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 H6419 (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.

  • 435
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 33 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 261
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 435 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 261

  • וַיִּפֹּ֥ל15
  • וַיִּפְּל֥וּ10
  • וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ9
  • יִפֹּ֥ל8
  • נָפְל֣וּ7
  • וְנָפַ֥ל6
  • יִפּ֥וֹל6
  • נָפַ֥ל6
  • נָפְל֥וּ6
  • וַיִּפֹּ֤ל5
  • וְנָפְל֖וּ5
  • יִפְּל֥וּ5

and 249 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 139

  • they will fall31
  • and he fell30
  • and they fell28
  • and it fell21
  • it will fall18
  • he will fall17
  • they have fallen15
  • and it will fall14
  • and they will fall14
  • it has fallen14
  • and she fell8
  • it had fallen8

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 89

  • Hc/Vqw3ms45
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular36
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural34
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural29
  • Hc/Vqw3mp28
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular25
  • Hc/Vqw3fs15
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular15
  • Hc/Vqq3cp14
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular14
  • Hc/Vqq3ms13
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)12
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 45
  • HVqi3ms · 36
  • HVqi3mp · 34
  • HVqp3cp · 29
  • Hc/Vqw3mp · 28
  • HVqp3ms · 25
  • Hc/Vqw3fs · 15
  • HVqrmsa · 15
  • Hc/Vqq3cp · 14
  • HVqp3fs · 14
  • Hc/Vqq3ms · 13
  • HR/Vqcc · 12

All 435, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis18 occurrences
Exodus6 occurrences
Leviticus9 occurrences
Numbers17 occurrences
Deuteronomy8 occurrences
Joshua15 occurrences
Judges21 occurrences
Ruth2 occurrences
1 Samuel25 occurrences
2 Samuel30 occurrences
1 Kings8 occurrences
2 Kings16 occurrences
1 Chronicles19 occurrences
2 Chronicles9 occurrences
Ezra1 occurrence
Nehemiah3 occurrences
Esther12 occurrences
Job13 occurrences
Psalms29 occurrences
Proverbs15 occurrences
Ecclesiastes6 occurrences
Isaiah25 occurrences
Jeremiah45 occurrences
Lamentations3 occurrences
Ezekiel54 occurrences
Daniel8 occurrences
Hosea4 occurrences
Joel1 occurrence
Amos7 occurrences
Jonah3 occurrences
Micah1 occurrence
Nahum1 occurrence
Zechariah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).