נָבָל naval

Hebrew word for “foolish” · Strong’s H5036 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

foolish, senseless, fool

How it is translated

Glosses given for naval in context, with how often each is used:

• fool 11
• foolish 4
• fools 2
• foolish women 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 32 (2), Psalms 74 (2), Proverbs 17 (2), Isaiah 32 (2), 2 Samuel 3 (1), 2 Samuel 13 (1), Job 2 (1), Job 30 (1), Psalms 14 (1), Psalms 39 (1)

Forms

• נבל 12
• הנבלים 2
• לנבל 2
• הנבלות 1
• ונבל 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with naval more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חֶרְפָּה cherpah “reproach” 3
• תַּעָב taav “to abhor” 2
• נָדִיב nadiv “noble” 2
• נָצַח natsach “to conduct” 2
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 3
• לֵב lev “heart” 3
• זֹאת zot “this” 3
• שָׁחַת shachat “to ruin” 2
• שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 2
• זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 2
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 3
• מִן־ min “from” 3

Key verses

The verses using naval that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 32:6 — Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
• Deuteronomy 32:21 — They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those…
• Job 2:10 — But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all…
• Job 30:8 — They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
• Psalms 14:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none…
• Psalms 39:8 — Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
• Psalms 53:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable…
• Psalms 74:18 — Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
• Psalms 74:22 — Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
• Isaiah 32:6 — For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of…
• Jeremiah 17:11 — As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end…
• Ezekiel 13:3 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

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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.