נָזַל nazal
Hebrew word for “to flow” · Strong’s H5140 · used 16 times in 16 verses
Meaning
1) to flow, distil, flow forth or down, trickle, drop;
How it is translated
Glosses given for nazal in context, with how often each is used:
- streams 5
- flow 2
- flowing 2
- them flow 2
- will flow 1
- may it distil 1
- flowed 1
- caused to flow 1
- may flow 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Song of Solomon | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 78 (2), Song of Solomon 4 (2), Exodus 15 (1), Numbers 24 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Judges 5 (1), Job 36 (1), Psalms 147 (1), Proverbs 5 (1), Isaiah 44 (1)
Forms
- יזלו 5
- ונזלים 3
- נוזלים 2
- נזלים 1
- יזל 1
- תזל 1
- נזלו 1
- ונזליהם 1
- הזיל 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nazal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מַי mayim “water” 10
- רָעַף raaph “to drip” 2
- שַׁחַק shachaq “cloud” 2
- בְּאֵר beer “well” 2
- גַּן gan “garden” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 3
- לְבָנוֹן levanon “Lebanon” 2
- צוּר tsur “rock” 2
- שָׁתָה shatah “to drink” 2
- זֶרַע zera “seed” 2
- יָרַד yarad “to go down” 2
- רַב rav “many” 2
Key verses
The verses using nazal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 15:8 — And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the…
- Numbers 24:7 — He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
- Deuteronomy 32:2 — My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
- Judges 5:5 — The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
- Psalms 147:18 — He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
- Proverbs 5:15 — Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
- Song of Solomon 4:15 — A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 4:16 — Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant…
- Isaiah 44:3 — For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
- Isaiah 45:8 — Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness…
- Isaiah 48:21 — And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters…
- Jeremiah 9:18 — And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
See all 16 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.