נַעַל naal

Hebrew word for “sandal” · Strong’s H5275 · used 22 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

sandal, shoe

How it is translated

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

• sandals 11
• sandal 9
• pair of sandals 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 25 (2), Joshua 9 (2), Ruth 4 (2), Ezekiel 24 (2), Genesis 14 (1), Exodus 3 (1), Exodus 12 (1), Deuteronomy 29 (1), Joshua 5 (1), 1 Kings 2 (1)

Forms

• נעלו 3
• ונעלך 2
• נעלי 2
• בנעלים 2
• נעלים 2
• נעל 1
• נעליך 1
• נעליכם 1
• הנעל 1
• נעלך 1

Words used with it

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

• רֶגֶל regel “foot” 10
• שַׂלְמָה salmah “garment” 3
• חָלַץ chalats “to rescue” 3
• מׇתְנַיִם moten “loin” 3
• שְׂרוֹךְ serokh “thong” 2
• רַחַץ rachats “washing” 2
• נָשַׁל nashal “to slip” 2
• פְּאֵר peer “headdress” 2
• פְּלֶשֶׁת peleshet “Philistia” 2
• בָּלָה balah “to become old” 2
• שָׁלַף shalaph “to draw” 2
• סִיר sir “pot” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 14:23 — That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
• Exodus 3:5 — And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
• Exodus 12:11 — And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.
• Deuteronomy 25:9 — Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and…
• 1 Kings 2:5 — Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and…
• Psalms 60:8 — Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
• Song of Solomon 7:1 — How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
• Isaiah 5:27 — None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be…
• Isaiah 11:15 — And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the…
• Isaiah 20:2 — At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he…
• Ezekiel 24:17 — Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not…
• Amos 2:6 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver,…

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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.