H5039 - נְבָלָה (nᵉbâlâh)

H5039 נְבָלָה (nᵉbâlâh) neb-aw-law'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

folly

Strong's Definition

foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment

Derivation: feminine of H5036 (נָבָל);

KJV Usage: folly, vile, villany.

TWOT Reference: 1285b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) senselessness, folly

1a) disgraceful folly

1a1) of immorality, profane actions

1b) disgrace, contumely disgrace

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G94 G458 G809 G877 G1135

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) senselessness, folly 1a) disgraceful folly 1a1) of immorality, profane actions 1b) disgrace, contumely disgrace

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נְבָלָה nebâlâh BDB Definition: 1) senselessness, folly 1a) disgraceful folly 1a1) of immorality, profane actions 1b) disgrace, contumely disgrace Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5036 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1285b Total KJV Occurrences: 14

Bible Occurrences (13)

34:7

22:21

7:15

19:23 19:24 20:6 20:10

25:25

13:12

42:8

9:17 32:6

29:23

Genesis 34:7

When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief... and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter — a thing that should not be done.

Deuteronomy 22:21

[she] shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her... to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Joshua 7:15

The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned..., along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD [and] committed an outrage in Israel.

Judges 19:23

The owner of the house went out and said to them, No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing!... After all -, this... man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.

Judges 19:24

Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine -, and you can use them and do with them as you wish -. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.

Judges 20:6

Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

Judges 20:10

We will take ten men out of [every] hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of [every] thousand, and a thousand out of [every] ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.

1 Samuel 25:25

My lord should pay no... attention... to this... scoundrel... Nabal, for he lives up to his name:... His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.