Strong H5307H5307Gנָפַל

to fall: fall

One of the 8 senses of Strong H5307

Transliteration
nâphal
Pronunciation
naw-fal'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: fall/drop/fail
1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to fall
1a2) to fall (of violent death)
1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before
1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of
1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result
1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to
1a7) to lie, lie prostrate
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate
1b2) to overthrow
1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot
1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.)
1b5) to cause to fall
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon
1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself
1d) (Pilel) to fall

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

Strong H5307G appears in 261 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • fall213
  • falleth13
  • cast9
  • lie4
  • light3
  • rot3
  • fallen2
  • inferior2
  • man2
  • overthrow2
  • present2
  • accept1

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 4:6
    And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Genesis 17:3
    And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
  6. 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?
  7. Genesis 24:64
    And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
  8. 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.
  9. Genesis 33:4
    And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
  10. 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.
  11. Genesis 45:14
    And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Genesis 50:1
    And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
  15. Genesis 50:18
    And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
  16. 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.
  17. 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:
  18. Exodus 21:33
    And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
  19. Leviticus 9:24
    And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
  20. Leviticus 11:32
    And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
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