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Strong H53078 sensesנָפַל

to fall: fall · to fall: kill · to fall: allot · to fall: deserting · to fall: fell(trees) · to fall: fail …

Transliteration
nâphal
Pronunciation
naw-fal'

The 8 senses of Strong H5307

The lexicon tells 8 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5307 appears in 403 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to fall: fallH5307G: fall/drop/fail261 verses · 31 books
  2. to fall: killH5307J: kill/fell/perished/die92 verses · 20 books
  3. to fall: allotH5307I: allot/cast(lots)21 verses · 12 books
  4. to fall: desertingH5307H: deserting13 verses · 8 books
  5. to fall: fell(trees)H5307M: fell(trees)5 verses · 2 Kings, Ezekiel, Zechariah
  6. to fall: failH5307L: fail4 verses · Joshua, 1 Samuel, 1 Kings
  7. to fall: presentingH5307N: presenting4 verses · Jeremiah, Daniel
  8. to fall: angryH5307K: angry/fallen(face)2 verses · Genesis, Jeremiah

General definition

A primitive root; to {fall} in a great variety of applications (intransitively or {causatively} literally or figuratively): - be {accepted} cast ({down} {self} {[lots]} {out}) {cease} {die} divide (by {lot}) (let) {fail} (cause {to} {let} {make} ready to) fall ({away} {down} {-en} {-ing}) fell ({-ing}) {fugitive} have {[inheritamce]} {inferior} be judged [by mistake for {H6419]} lay ({along}) (cause to) lie {down} light ({down}) be (X hast) {lost} {lying} {overthrow} {overwhelm} {perish} present ({-ed} {-ing}) (make to) {rot} {slay} smite {out} X {surely} throw down.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • fall313
  • cast25
  • falleth13
  • lie6
  • divide5
  • fail5
  • fallen4
  • fell4
  • present4
  • light3
  • rot3
  • thou3

First verses

  1. Genesis 2:21
    And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
  2. Genesis 4:5
    But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
  3. Genesis 4:6
    And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
  4. Genesis 14:10
    And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
  5. Genesis 15:12
    And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
  6. Genesis 17:3
    And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
  7. Genesis 17:17
    Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
  8. Genesis 24:64
    And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
  9. Genesis 25:18
    And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
  10. Genesis 33:4
    And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
  11. Genesis 43:18
    And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
  12. Genesis 44:14
    And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
  13. Genesis 45:14
    And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
  14. Genesis 46:29
    And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
  15. Genesis 49:17
    Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
  16. Genesis 50:1
    And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
  17. Genesis 50:18
    And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
  18. Exodus 15:16
    Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
  19. Exodus 19:21
    And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
  20. Exodus 21:18
    And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: