Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H5036

נָבָל

na.val · “foolish”

Used 18 times across 8 books

Definition

foolish, senseless, fool

Where it appears

Deuteronomy

2

2 Samuel

2

Job

2

Psalms

5

Proverbs

3

Isaiah

2

Jeremiah

1

Ezekiel

1

In the text

Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?Deuteronomy 32:21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.2 Samuel 3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?2 Samuel 13:13And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.Job 2:10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.Job 30:8They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.Psalms 14:1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.Psalms 39:9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.Psalms 53:2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.Psalms 74:18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

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