STRONGS H5036:
Abbreviations
† I. נָבָל adjective foolish, senseless, especially of the man who has no perception of ethical and religious claims, and with collateral idea of
ignoble, disgraceful; — absolute
נ׳ 2 Samuel 3:33 +
14 times; masculine plural
נְבָלִים 2 Samuel 13:13;
Ezekiel 13:3 (
Co
מִלִּבָּם); feminine plural
נְבָלוֺת Job 2:10; —
senseless, especially of religious and moral insensibility:
עַם נ׳ Deuteronomy 32:6 (of Israel, unappreciative of J.'s benefits; opposed to
חָכָם), so of heathen nation
Psalm 74:18 (blaspheming name of
י׳),
גּוֺי נ׳ Deuteronomy 32:21 (||
לֹא עָם);
הַנְּבִאִים הַנּ׳ Ezekiel 13:3 (si vera lectio, see above); elsewhere as
substantive (impious and presumptuous) fool,
Isaiah 32:5 (opposed to
נָדִיב noble-minded), characterized as at once irreligious and churlish,
Isaiah 32:6; denying God
Psalm 14:1 =
Psalm 53:2; insulting God
Psalm 74:22, and God's servant
Psalm 39:9;
Proverbs 17:7 arrogant speech becometh not
the (impious and presumptuous)
fool (whose faults it only makes the more conspicuous), much less do lying lips him that this is noble (
נדיב),
Proverbs 17:21 (||
כְּסִיל),
Proverbs 30:22 ונבל כי ישׂבע לחם (one of the things under which the earth trembles),
בְּנֵי נָבָל Job 30:8 i.e. ignoble men (||
בְּנֵי בְלִישֵֿׁם); as one who might be expected to have a contumelious end,
ימות אבנר הַכְּמוֺת נ׳ 2 Samuel 3:33 was Abner (destined) to die, as a
נ׳ dieth ? of the man who amasses riches unjustly
ובאחריתו יהיה נבל Jeremiah 17:11 i.e. will prove himself to be a
נ׳; as acting immorally (with collateral idea of disgracefully)
2 Samuel 13:13 ואתה תהיה כְּאַחַד הַנְּבָלִים בישׂראל (compare
נְבָלָה); feminine only in
כְּדַבֵּר אַחַת הַנְּבָלוֺת Job 2:10 (of Job's wife). compare Dr
Deuteronomy 22:21. 32, 6. 15.21; Psalt. 457.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Deuteronomy
22:6; 22:15; 22:21; 22:21; 32:6; 32:21
2 Samuel
3:33; 3:33; 13:13; 13:13
Job
2:10; 2:10; 30:8
Psalms
14:1; 39:9; 53:2; 74:18; 74:22
Proverbs
17:7; 17:21; 30:22
Isaiah
32:5; 32:6
Jeremiah
17:11
Ezekiel
13:3; 13:3