Keraia
Lexicon

נָפַל

na.phalto fall: fallHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb434 occurrences33 books403 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Traditional renderings: 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), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָפַל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

434 total
  1. Isaiah 31:3וְנָפַ֣ל · will fall
    But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
  2. Isaiah 31:8וְנָפַ֤ל · will fall
    “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
  3. Isaiah 34:17הִפִּ֤יל · has allotted
    He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
  4. Isaiah 37:7וְהִפַּלְתִּ֥יו · I will cause him to fall
    Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
  5. Isaiah 47:11וְתִפֹּ֤ל · will befall
    But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
  6. Isaiah 54:15יִפּֽוֹל׃ · will fall
    If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
  7. Jeremiah 3:12אַפִּ֥יל · look on you with anger
    Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
  8. Jeremiah 6:15יִפְּל֧וּ · they will fall; בַנֹּפְלִ֛ים · among the fallen
    Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.
  9. Jeremiah 8:4הֲיִפְּל֖וּ · Do [men] fall
    So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?
  10. Jeremiah 8:12יִפְּל֣וּ · they will fall; בַנֹּפְלִ֗ים · among the fallen
    Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
  11. Jeremiah 9:22וְנָֽפְלָה֙ · will fall
    Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
  12. Jeremiah 15:8הִפַּ֤לְתִּי · bring
    I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
  13. Jeremiah 19:7וְהִפַּלְתִּ֤ים · I will make them fall
    And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
  14. Jeremiah 20:4וְנָֽפְל֛וּ · They will fall
    For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.
  15. Jeremiah 21:9וְנָפַ֨ל · and surrenders
    Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
  16. Jeremiah 22:7וְהִפִּ֖ילוּ · and throw them
    I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.
  17. Jeremiah 23:12וְנָ֣פְלוּ · and fall
    “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
  18. Jeremiah 25:27וְנִפְל֖וּ · Fall down
    “Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
  19. Jeremiah 25:34וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖ם · you will fall
    Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
  20. Jeremiah 36:7תִּפֹּ֤ל · they will bring
    Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
  21. Jeremiah 37:13נֹפֵֽל׃ · are deserting
    But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
  22. Jeremiah 37:14נֹפֵל֙ · deserting
    “That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
  23. Jeremiah 37:20תִּפָּל־ · come
    But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
  24. Jeremiah 38:19נָֽפְלוּ֙ · have deserted
    But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
  25. Jeremiah 38:26מַפִּיל־ · was presenting
    …then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
  26. Jeremiah 39:9הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙ · the deserters; נָפְל֣וּ · had defected
    Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.
  27. Jeremiah 39:18תִפֹּ֑ל · fall
    For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”
  28. Jeremiah 42:2תִּפָּל־ · come
    Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
  29. Jeremiah 42:9לְהַפִּ֥יל · to present
    Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:
  30. Jeremiah 44:12יִפֹּ֗לוּ · fall
    And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
  31. Jeremiah 46:6וְנָפָֽלוּ׃ · and fall
    “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
  32. Jeremiah 46:12נָפְל֥וּ · of them have fallen
    The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”
  33. Jeremiah 46:16נָפַ֞ל · have fallen
    They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
  34. Jeremiah 48:32נָפָֽל׃ · has descended
    I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
  35. Jeremiah 48:44יִפֹּ֣ל · will fall
    “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
  36. Jeremiah 49:21נִפְלָ֔ם · of their fall
    At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.
  37. Jeremiah 49:26יִפְּל֥וּ · will fall
    For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
  38. Jeremiah 50:15נָֽפְלוּ֙ · have fallen
    Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
  39. Jeremiah 50:30יִפְּל֥וּ · will fall
    Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
  40. Jeremiah 50:32וְנָפַ֔ל · and fall
    The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”
  41. Jeremiah 51:4וְנָפְל֥וּ · And they will fall
    And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.
  42. Jeremiah 51:8נָפְלָ֥ה · has fallen
    Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
  43. Jeremiah 51:44נָפָֽלָה׃ · will fall
    I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
  44. Jeremiah 51:47יִפְּל֥וּ · will lie fallen
    Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
  45. Jeremiah 51:49לִנְפֹּ֖ל · must fall; נָפְל֖וּ · have fallen
    “Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
  46. Jeremiah 52:15הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙ · the deserters
    Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.