נְפַל nephal

Hebrew word for “to fall” · Strong’s H5308 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

1) to fall; 1a) (P'al); 1a1) to fall; 1a2) to fall down

How it is translated

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

• will fall down 5
• fell 4
• will fall 1
• falling down 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 3 (7), Ezra 7 (1), Daniel 2 (1), Daniel 4 (1), Daniel 7 (1)

Forms

• יפל 4
• נפל 2
• תפלון 2
• נפלין 1
• נפלו 1
• ונפלה 1

Words used with it

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

• סְגִד segid “to do homage” 7
• קָל qal “voice” 5
• קֶרֶן qeren “horn” 5
• דִּי di “that” 8
• שַׂבְּכָא sabbkah “trigon” 4
• זַן zan “kind” 4
• מַשְׁרוֹקִי mashroqi “flute” 4
• פְּסַנְטֵרִין pesanterin “psaltery” 4
• קַתָרֹס qitaros “lyre” 4
• זְמָר zemar “music” 4
• יְקַד yeqad “to burn” 4
• שְׁמַע shema “to hear” 4

Key verses

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

• Ezra 7:20 — And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.
• Daniel 2:46 — Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
• Daniel 3:5 — That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image…
• Daniel 3:6 — And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
• Daniel 3:7 — Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the…
• Daniel 3:10 — Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of…
• Daniel 3:11 — And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
• Daniel 3:15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and…
• Daniel 3:23 — And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
• Daniel 4:31 — While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
• Daniel 7:20 — And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake…

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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.