נְבֵלָה nevelah

Hebrew word for “carcass” · Strong’s H5038 · used 48 times in 41 verses

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Meaning

1) carcass, corpse; 1a) of humans, idols, animals

How it is translated

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

• corpse 19
• carcass 18
• corpses 6
• any of carcass 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 11 (12), 1 Kings 13 (6), Deuteronomy 14 (2), Jeremiah 16 (2), Leviticus 5 (1), Leviticus 7 (1), Leviticus 17 (1), Leviticus 22 (1), Deuteronomy 21 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1)

Forms

• נבלתם 6
• נבלתו 6
• נבלה 5
• הנבלה 5
• נבלת 5
• בנבלת 4
• מנבלתם 4
• בנבלתם 3
• ובנבלתם 2
• נבלתך 2

Words used with it

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

• טָמֵא tame “to defile” 12
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 12
• עֶרֶב erev “evening” 8
• עוֹף oph “bird” 7
• מַאֲכָל maakhal “food” 6
• טָמֵא tame “unclean” 7
• טְרֵפָה terephah “torn animal” 5
• בְּהֵמָה behemah “animal” 8
• נָגַע naga “to touch” 7
• שָׁלַךְ shalakh “to throw” 6
• כֶם khem “you” 8
• עַד ad “till” 9

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 11:25 — And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
• Leviticus 11:40 — And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes,…
• Leviticus 17:15 — And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both…
• Deuteronomy 14:21 — Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto…
• Deuteronomy 21:23 — His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be…
• Isaiah 5:25 — Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did…
• Isaiah 26:19 — Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth…
• Jeremiah 16:4 — They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they…
• Jeremiah 16:18 — And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of…
• Jeremiah 19:7 — And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of…
• Jeremiah 34:20 — I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of…
• Ezekiel 4:14 — Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn…

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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.