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Strong's H5307 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: נָפַל (nâphal)

Pronunciation: naw-fal'

POS: naw-fal' Morph: v

Exegesis: a primitive root;

Definition: a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); 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 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.

KJV Usage: 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 ), 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.

Senses[edit | edit source]

1. 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail
2. 1a) (Qal)
3. 1a1) to fall
4. 1a2) to fall (of violent death)
5. 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before
6. 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of
7. 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result
8. 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to
9. 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate
10. 1b) (Hiphil)
11. 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate
12. 1b2) to overthrow
13. 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot
14. 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.)
15. 1b5) to cause to fall
16. 1c) (Hithpael)
17. 1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon
18. 1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself
19. 1d) (Pilel) to fall