נָבֵל navel
Hebrew word for “to wither” · Strong’s H5034 · used 25 times in 21 verses
Meaning
1) to sink or drop down, languish, wither and fall, fade;
Senses in the lexicon
- to wither (20)
- be senseless (5)
How it is translated
Glosses given for navel in context, with how often each is used:
- withers 4
- will wither 3
- has withered 2
- withering 2
- certainly 1
- will wear yourself out 1
- withered 1
- crumbles away 1
- wither 1
- will fade ! 1
- which is withering 1
- like withered fruit 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 |
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 28 (2), Isaiah 40 (2), Exodus 18 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 14 (1), Psalms 1 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 37 (1), Proverbs 30 (1)
Forms
- נבל 6
- יבול 4
- יבלו 2
- נבלת 2
- נבלה 2
- תבל 1
- יבולון 1
- כנבל 1
- וכנבלת 1
- ונבל 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with navel more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עָלֶה aleh “leaf” 6
- צִיץ tsits “flower” 3
- חָצִיר chatsir “grass” 3
- מִסְגֶּרֶת misgeret “perimeter” 2
- צְבִי tsevi “beauty” 2
- נֵכָר nekhar “foreign” 2
- תְּאֵנָה teenah “fig” 2
- תִּפְאָרָה tipharah “beauty” 2
- יָבֵשׁ yavesh “to wither” 2
- גֶּפֶן gephen “vine” 2
- גַּיְא gay “valley” 2
- צוּר tsur “rock” 2
Key verses
The verses using navel that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 32:15 — But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly…
- Psalms 1:3 — And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he…
- Isaiah 28:1 — Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are…
- Isaiah 28:4 — And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh…
- Isaiah 34:4 — And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth…
- Isaiah 40:8 — The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- Isaiah 64:6 — But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken…
- Jeremiah 8:13 — I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have…
- Jeremiah 14:21 — Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
- Ezekiel 47:12 — And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit…
- Micah 7:6 — For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of…
- Nahum 3:6 — And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
See all 21 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.