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נָפַל naphal

Hebrew word for “to fall” · Strong’s H5307 · used 434 times in 403 verses

Old Testament33 booksMost often in Ezekiel (54)

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Meaning

: fall/drop/fail; 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail;

Senses in the lexicon

to fall: fall (276)
to fall: kill (98)
to fall: allot (26)
to fall: deserting (17)
to fall: fell(trees) (6)
to fall: fail (5)
to fall: presenting (4)
to fall: angry (2)

How it is translated

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

will fall 111
fell 109
has fallen 18
have fallen 18
fall 14
will make fall 14
had fallen 13
falling 12
make fall 11
falls 7
cast 7
made fall 6

Where it is used

Book	Uses	Per 1,000 words
Ezekiel	54	2.9
Jeremiah	45	2.1
2 Samuel	30	2.7
Psalms	29	1.5
1 Samuel	25	1.9
Isaiah	25	1.5
Judges	21	2.1
1 Chronicles	19	1.8
Genesis	18	0.9
Numbers	17	1.0
2 Kings	16	1.3
Joshua	15	1.5

Also in 21 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 1 (7), Ezekiel 30 (6), Ezekiel 32 (6), Leviticus 11 (5), Numbers 14 (5), Jeremiah 51 (5), 1 Samuel 31 (4), 1 Chronicles 10 (4), Job 1 (4), Ezekiel 6 (4)

Forms

ויפל 50
נפל 39
יפלו 34
נפלו 32
ויפלו 29
יפל 25
ותפל 17
ונפלו 17
נפלה 15
ונפל 14

Words used with it

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

Key verses

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

Leviticus 26:36 — And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase…
Joshua 2:9 — And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint…
2 Chronicles 32:21 — And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with…
Psalms 73:18 — Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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 3:12 — Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I…
Jeremiah 50:15 — Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take…
Ezekiel 5:12 — A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round…
Ezekiel 6:7 — And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Daniel 9:18 — O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our…
Amos 9:11 — In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in…
Micah 7:8 — Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

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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.