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na.val H5036

נָבָל (na.val) means “foolish” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נָבָל Hebrew · H5036 18 tagged occurrences in 18 verses

Pronunciation guide: naw-bawl' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5036

נָבָל · na.val · foolish

foolish, senseless, fool

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H5034 (נָבֵל); stupid; wicked (especially impious)

KJV glosses: fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.

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How translators render H5036

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
the fool 4
a fool 3
of a fool 2
a senseless 1
foolish woman 1
for a fool 1
how a foolish 1
o foolish 1
of fools 1
of the fools 1
the foolish 1
without understanding 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the fool 2
and a fool 1
as a fool 1
for the vile person 1
how the foolish man 1
not a fool 1
o foolish 1
of a fool 1
of fools 1
of the foolish 1
of the foolish women 1
of the fools 1
shall be a fool 1
the foolish 1
the vile person 1
unto the foolish 1
with a foolish 1

Verses containing H5036

Page 1 of 1. 18 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

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  2. Deuteronomy 32:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.

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  3. 2 Samuel 3:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?

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  4. 2 Samuel 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

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  5. Job 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

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  6. Job 30:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.

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  7. Psalms 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

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  8. Psalms 39:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

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    Source alternate reference: 39.9

  9. Psalms 53:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.

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    Source alternate reference: 53.2

  10. Psalms 74:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

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  11. Psalms 74:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

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  12. Proverbs 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

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  13. Proverbs 17:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

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  14. Proverbs 30:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,

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  15. Isaiah 32:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.

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  16. Isaiah 32:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.

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  17. Jeremiah 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

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  18. Ezekiel 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.

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