H5034 נָבֵל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 25 KJV occurrences
נָבֵל
nâbêl · naw-bale'
Definition
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
KJV Renderings
disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, [idiom] surely, make vile, wither.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 25)
- Exodus 18:18Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
- 2 Samuel 22:46Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
- Psalms 18:45The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
- Isaiah 1:30For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
- Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
- Isaiah 34:4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
- Isaiah 40:8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- Jeremiah 14:21Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.