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. Jeremiah 52:15נָֽפְלוּ֙ · had defected
    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.
  2. Lamentations 1:7בִּנְפֹ֧ל · fell
    In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
  3. Lamentations 2:21נָפְל֣וּ · have fallen
    Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
  4. Lamentations 5:16נָֽפְלָה֙ · has fallen
    The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
  5. Ezekiel 1:28וָאֶפֹּ֣ל · I fell
    The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
  6. Ezekiel 3:23וָאֶפֹּ֖ל · and I fell
    So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
  7. Ezekiel 5:12יִפְּל֣וּ · will fall
    A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
  8. Ezekiel 6:4וְהִפַּלְתִּי֙ · and I will cast down
    Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
  9. Ezekiel 6:7וְנָפַ֥ל · will fall
    The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
  10. Ezekiel 6:11יִפֹּֽלוּ׃ · will fall
    This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
  11. Ezekiel 6:12יִפּ֔וֹל · will fall
    He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.
  12. Ezekiel 8:1וַתִּפֹּ֤ל · fell
    In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.
  13. Ezekiel 9:8וָאֶפְּלָ֨ה · And I fell
    While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
  14. Ezekiel 11:5וַתִּפֹּ֣ל · fell
    And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.
  15. Ezekiel 11:10תִּפֹּ֔לוּ · You will fall
    You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  16. Ezekiel 11:13וָאֶפֹּ֨ל · Then I fell
    Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
  17. Ezekiel 13:11וְיִפֹּ֑ל · that it will fall; תִּפֹּ֔לְנָה · plunging down
    …tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
  18. Ezekiel 13:12נָפַ֣ל · has fallen
    Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’
  19. Ezekiel 13:14וְנָֽפְלָה֙ · The city will fall
    I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  20. Ezekiel 17:21יִפֹּ֔לוּ · will fall
    All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’
  21. Ezekiel 23:25תִּפּ֑וֹל · will fall
    And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.
  22. Ezekiel 24:6נָפַ֥ל · cast
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
  23. Ezekiel 24:21יִפֹּֽלוּ׃ · will fall
    Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
  24. Ezekiel 25:13יִפֹּֽלוּ׃ · they will fall
    …therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
  25. Ezekiel 27:27יִפְּלוּ֙ · will sink
    Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.
  26. Ezekiel 27:34נָפָֽלוּ׃ · have gone down with you
    Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.
  27. Ezekiel 28:23וְנִפְלַ֤ל · will fall
    I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  28. Ezekiel 29:5תִּפּ֔וֹל · You will fall
    I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
  29. Ezekiel 30:4בִּנְפֹ֥ל · fall
    A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.
  30. Ezekiel 30:5יִפֹּֽלוּ׃פ · will fall
    Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
  31. Ezekiel 30:6וְנָֽפְלוּ֙ · will fall; יִפְּלוּ־ · they will fall
    For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.
  32. Ezekiel 30:17יִפֹּ֑לוּ · will fall
    The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.
  33. Ezekiel 30:22וְהִפַּלְתִּ֥י · fall
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.
  34. Ezekiel 30:25תִּפֹּ֑לְנָה · will fall limp
    I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.
  35. Ezekiel 31:12נָפְל֣וּ · have fallen
    Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.
  36. Ezekiel 32:12אַפִּ֣יל · fall
    I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.
  37. Ezekiel 32:20יִפֹּ֑לוּ · They will fall
    They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
  38. Ezekiel 32:22הַנֹּפְלִ֖ים · fallen
    Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
  39. Ezekiel 32:23נֹפְלִ֣ים · fallen
    Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
  40. Ezekiel 32:24הַנֹּפְלִ֨ים · fallen
    Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
  41. Ezekiel 32:27נֹפְלִ֖ים · the fallen
    They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
  42. Ezekiel 33:27יִפֹּ֔לוּ · will fall
    Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
  43. Ezekiel 35:8יִפְּל֥וּ · will fall
    I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.
  44. Ezekiel 38:20וְנָֽפְלוּ֙ · will collapse; תִּפּֽוֹל׃ · will fall
    The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.
  45. Ezekiel 39:3אַפִּֽיל׃ · and dash down
    Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
  46. Ezekiel 39:4תִּפּ֗וֹל · you will fall
    On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.
  47. Ezekiel 39:5תִּפּ֑וֹל · You will fall
    You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.