Hebrew word study

נָבֵלnâbêl — to wilt

Pronounced “naw-bale'”

to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace

Translated in the King James as: disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, surely, make vile, wither.

Appears 25 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Exodus — 2×
Exodus 18:18+ 1 more in Exodus
Deuteronomy — 1×
Deuteronomy 32:15
2 Samuel — 1×
2 Sam 22:46
Job — 1×
Job 14:18
Psalms — 3×
Psalms 1:3Psalms 18:45Psalms 37:2
Proverbs — 1×
Proverbs 30:32
Isaiah — 11×
Isaiah 1:30Isaiah 24:4Isaiah 28:1Isaiah 28:4Isaiah 34:4Isaiah 40:7Isaiah 40:8Isaiah 64:6+ 3 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 2×
Jeremiah 8:13Jeremiah 14:21
Ezekiel — 1×
Ezekiel 47:12
Micah — 1×
Micah 7:6
Nahum — 1×
Nahum 3:6

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