Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV Usage: 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 (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), 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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָפַל (na.phal) — to fall: fall. : 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
נָפַל (na.phal) — to fall: deserting. : deserting 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
נָפַל (na.phal) — to fall: allot. : allot/cast(lots) 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
נָפַל (na.phal) — to fall: kill. : kill/fell/perished/die 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
נָפַל (na.phal) — to fall: angry. : angry/fallen(face) 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
נָפַל (na.phal) — to fall: fail. : 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
נָפַל (na.phal) — to fall: fell(trees). : fell(trees) 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
נָפַל (na.phal) — to fall: presenting. : presenting 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַפָּל · מַפָּלָה · מַפֶּלֶת · נֵפֶל · נְפִילִים
Move | verb qal, verb pe'al
to fall, to sink = process by which humans, animals, or objects move from a higher level to a lower level, typically at a high speed and without control
GEN 14:10 · GEN 49:17 · EXO 21:33 · LEV 11:32 · LEV 11:33 · LEV 11:35 · LEV 11:37 · LEV 11:38 · DEU 22:8 · DEU 22:8 · 1SA 14:45 · 1SA 26:20 · 2SA 14:11 · 2SA 17:12 · 2SA 20:8 · 1KI 1:52 · 1KI 18:38 · 2KI 1:2 · 2KI 2:13 · 2KI 2:14 · 2KI 6:5 · 2KI 6:6 · JOB 1:16 · JOB 31:22 · PSA 7:16 · PSA 16:6 · PSA 35:8 · PSA 57:7 · PSA 141:10 · PRO 22:14 · PRO 26:27 · PRO 28:10 · ECC 10:8 · ECC 11:3 · ECC 11:3 · ISA 9:9 · ISA 10:34 · ISA 14:12 · ISA 22:25 · ISA 24:18 · JER 48:44 · LAM 5:16 · EZK 13:11 · EZK 27:27 · EZK 27:34 · EZK 31:12 · DAN 7:20 · AMO 3:5 · AMO 3:14 · AMO 9:9 · NAM 3:12 · ZEC 11:2
Move | verb hif
to let fall, to drop = causative process by which humans cause (other) humans and objects to move from a higher level to a lower level, typically at a high speed and without control
EXO 21:27 · NUM 35:23 · 2KI 3:19 · 2KI 3:25 · 2KI 6:5 · PSA 78:28 · PSA 140:11 · JER 22:7 · EZK 30:22 · EZK 39:3 · DAN 8:10
Move | verb qal
to burst through meaning unsure; possibly: = action by which a swarm of insects moves forward heedless of whatever opposition comes their way
Afraid | verb qal
Collocation: לֵב נפל
to lose courage literally: (one's) heart falls; hence: = process by which humans lose courage
Angry | verb qal | ≈ חרה
Collocation: פָּנֶה נפל
to look angry literally: (one's) face falls; hence: = process when humans become angry and show that with their facial expression
Angry | verb hif
Collocation: נפל פָּנֶה
to look in anger literally: to cause (one's) face to fall; hence: = action when deities show their anger by their facial expression
Bear | verb qal, verb pe'al
to land (on someone) literally: to fall (on someone); hence: = process by which humans are held responsible for a certain action, whether in the past or in the future
Birth | verb qal
to be born literally: to fall; hence: = process by which humans are brought forth from the womb
Birth | verb hif
to give birth literally: to drop; hence: = causative process by which humans bring forth children from the womb
Control | verb qal
Collocation: נפל בְּיָד
to fall into (someone's) hands literally: to fall into the hand(s) of someone; hence: = process by which humans or nations fall under someone else's authority and control
JDG 15:18 · 2SA 24:14 · 2SA 24:14 · 1CH 5:10 · 1CH 21:13 · 1CH 21:13 · LAM 1:7
Dead | verb qal
Collocation: נפל עַל חֶרֶב
to throw oneself (on one's sword) literally: to fall upon (one's) sword; hence: = action by which humans kill themselves with their own sword
Dissociate | verb qal
to desert literally: to fall; hence: = action by which humans leave the group to which they belong and join another group, which is often seen as the enemy
1SA 29:3 · 2KI 7:4 · 2KI 25:11 · 2KI 25:11 · 1CH 12:20 · 1CH 12:20 · 1CH 12:21 · 2CH 15:9 · JER 21:9 · JER 37:13 · JER 37:14 · JER 38:19 · JER 39:9 · JER 39:9 · JER 52:15 · JER 52:15
Engage | verb qal
to fall into (trouble) literally: to fall; hence: = process by which humans become suddenly involved in a certain difficult situation
Non-Engage | verb qal
to cease literally: to fall; hence: = process by which certain activity comes to an end
Non-Engage | verb hif
to give up, to leave out literally: to let fall; hence: = action by which humans refrain from engaging in a certain activity
Fail | verb qal
to become void literally: to fall; hence: = process by which a set of past activities becomes invalid and will have to be repeated
Fail | verb qal
to fail literally: to fall; hence: = process by which someone's promises do not have become a reality
Fail | verb hif
to cause to fail literally: to cause to fall; hence: = causative process by which deities cause their promises not to become a reality
Conflict | verb qal, verb hit
to attack literally: to fall upon; = action by which humans start a fight with other humans
Happen | verb pe'al
to fall, to come down literally: to fall; hence: = process by which a certain event starts happening
Happen | verb qal
to turn out literally: to fall; hence: = process by which a situation develops in a certain way
Happen | verb qal
to happen literally: to fall (upon someone); hence: = process by which humans are affected by a certain condition, emotion, or supernatural influence
GEN 15:12 · GEN 15:12 · EXO 15:16 · JOS 2:9 · 1SA 11:7 · 1SA 26:12 · EST 8:17 · EST 9:2 · EST 9:3 · JOB 4:13 · JOB 13:11 · JOB 33:15 · PSA 55:5 · PSA 105:38 · ECC 9:12 · ISA 47:11 · EZK 8:1 · EZK 11:5 · DAN 10:7
Happen | verb hif
to cause to happen literally: to cause to fall (upon someone); hence: = causative process by which deities or certain attitudes cause humans to be affected by a certain condition or emotion
Hold | verb qal
Collocation: נפל עַל צַוָּאר
to embrace literally: to fall on (someone's) neck; hence: = action by which humans spontaneously embrace other humans
Hold | verb qal
Collocation: נפל עַל פָּנֶה
to embrace literally: to fall on (someone's) face; hence: = action by which humans spontaneously embrace other humans
Impact | verb qal
to collapse literally: to fall; hence: = process by which a structure loses its inner strength and falls apart
JOS 6:5 · JOS 6:20 · JDG 7:13 · JDG 7:13 · JDG 16:30 · 1SA 5:3 · 1KI 20:30 · JOB 1:19 · JOB 14:18 · ISA 30:13 · ISA 30:25 · JER 50:15 · JER 51:44 · EZK 13:11 · EZK 13:12 · EZK 13:14 · EZK 38:20 · EZK 38:20 · HOS 10:8 · AMO 9:11
Impact | verb hif
to cause to collapse literally: to cause to fall; hence: = causative process by which humans cause a structure to lose its inner strength and fall apart
Unable | verb qal
Collocation: יָרֵךְ נפל
to be unable to bear children exact meaning unsure; literally: (one's) thigh sags; hence: = process by which a woman becomes unable to bear children
Unable | verb hif
Collocation: נפל יָרֵךְ
to make unable to bear children exact meaning unsure; literally: to cause (someone's) thigh to sag; hence: = causative process by which deities cause a woman to be unable to bear children
Know | verb qal
to come (before someone) literally: to fall (before someone); hence: = process by which information reaches someone in authority
Know | verb hif
to present literally: to cause to fall (before someone); hence: = causative process by humans cause information to reach someone in authority
Possess | verb qal
to be assigned (to someone) literally: to fall (to someone); hence: = process by which land becomes someone's property
Possess | verb hif
to allot literally: to cause (something) to fall (to someone); hence: = causative process by which humans or deities cause land to become someone else's property
JOS 13:6 · JOS 23:4 · PSA 78:55 · EZK 45:1 · EZK 47:22 · EZK 48:29
Know | verb qal
Collocation: גֹּורָל נפל
the lot falls (on someone) literally: the lot falls (on someone); hence: = process by which humans receive guidance by throwing lots
Know | verb hif
Collocation: נפל גֹורָל
to cast (lots) literally: to let lots fall; hence: = causative action by which humans obtain guidance by throwing lots
1SA 14:42 · 1CH 24:31 · 1CH 25:8 · 1CH 26:13 · 1CH 26:14 · NEH 10:35 · NEH 11:1 · EST 3:7 · EST 9:24 · JOB 6:27 · PSA 22:19 · PRO 1:14 · ISA 34:17 · JON 1:7 · JON 1:7
Insignificant | verb qal
to be inferior, to become inferior literally: to fall; hence: = process by which people lose some of their status
Stance | verb qal, verb pe'al | ≈ כשׁל
to stumble, to fall = process by which humans or animals lose their balance while walking or standing and end up flat on the ground; ≈ associated with failure and loss of face
DEU 22:4 · JDG 19:26 · 1SA 4:18 · 1SA 17:49 · 2SA 4:4 · PSA 10:10 · PSA 20:9 · PSA 27:2 · PSA 37:24 · PSA 118:13 · PSA 145:14 · PRO 11:5 · PRO 24:16 · PRO 24:17 · ECC 4:10 · ECC 4:10 · ISA 8:15 · ISA 24:20 · ISA 31:3 · JER 8:4 · JER 23:12 · JER 25:27 · JER 46:6 · JER 46:12 · JER 46:16 · JER 50:32 · DAN 3:23
Stance | verb qal ptc.act
to lie = state in which humans lie flat on the ground, after having been killed or severely wounded by enemies
DEU 21:1 · JDG 3:25 · JDG 4:22 · JDG 19:27 · 1SA 5:4 · 2CH 20:24
Stance | verb qal, verb pi
to fall literally: to fall; hence: = process by which humans are killed or severely wounded by enemies
EXO 32:28 · LEV 26:7 · LEV 26:8 · LEV 26:36 · NUM 14:3 · NUM 14:29 · NUM 14:32 · NUM 14:43 · JOS 8:24 · JOS 8:25 · JDG 4:16 · JDG 5:27 · JDG 5:27 · JDG 5:27 · JDG 8:10 · JDG 9:40 · JDG 12:6 · JDG 20:44 · JDG 20:46 · 1SA 4:10 · 1SA 14:13 · 1SA 17:52 · 1SA 31:1 · 1SA 31:8 · 2SA 1:4 · 2SA 1:10 · 2SA 1:12 · 2SA 1:19 · 2SA 1:25 · 2SA 1:27 · 2SA 2:16 · 2SA 2:23 · 2SA 2:23 · 2SA 3:29 · 2SA 3:34 · 2SA 3:34 · 2SA 3:38 · 2SA 11:17 · 2SA 17:9 · 2SA 21:22 · 2SA 22:39 · 1KI 20:25 · 1KI 22:20 · 1CH 5:22 · 1CH 10:1 · 1CH 10:8 · 1CH 20:8 · 1CH 21:14 · 2CH 13:17 · 2CH 14:12 · 2CH 18:19 · 2CH 29:9 · PSA 18:39 · PSA 36:13 · PSA 45:6 · PSA 78:64 · PSA 91:7 · ISA 3:25 · ISA 10:4 · ISA 13:15 · ISA 31:8 · ISA 54:15 · JER 6:15 · JER 6:15 · JER 8:12 · JER 8:12 · JER 9:21 · JER 20:4 · JER 25:34 · JER 39:18 · JER 44:12 · JER 48:32 · JER 49:26 · JER 50:30 · JER 51:4 · JER 51:47 · JER 51:49 · LAM 2:21 · EZK 5:12 · EZK 6:7 · EZK 6:11 · EZK 6:12 · EZK 11:10 · EZK 17:21 · EZK 23:25 · EZK 24:21 · EZK 25:13 · EZK 28:23 · EZK 29:5 · EZK 30:4 · EZK 30:5 · EZK 30:6 · EZK 30:6 · EZK 30:17 · EZK 32:20 · EZK 32:22 · EZK 32:23 · EZK 32:24 · EZK 32:27 · EZK 33:27 · EZK 35:8 · EZK 39:4 · EZK 39:5 · EZK 39:23 · DAN 11:26 · HOS 7:16 · HOS 14:1 · AMO 7:17
Stance | verb hif | ≈ הרג · טבח
to make fall literally: to cause to fall; hence: = causative process or action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to be killed or severely wounded by enemies
1SA 18:25 · 2KI 19:7 · 2CH 32:21 · PSA 37:14 · PSA 73:18 · PSA 106:26 · PSA 106:27 · PRO 7:26 · ISA 37:7 · JER 19:7 · EZK 6:4 · EZK 32:12 · DAN 11:12
Bow | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb hit | ≈ חוה · קדד
to lie down = action by which humans assume a lying position, often in order to show respect, allegiance, or devotion
GEN 17:3 · GEN 17:17 · GEN 44:14 · GEN 50:18 · LEV 9:24 · NUM 14:5 · NUM 16:4 · NUM 16:22 · NUM 17:10 · NUM 20:6 · NUM 24:4 · NUM 24:16 · DEU 9:18 · DEU 9:25 · DEU 9:25 · JOS 5:14 · JOS 7:6 · JOS 7:10 · JDG 13:20 · RUT 2:10 · 1SA 19:24 · 1SA 20:41 · 1SA 25:23 · 1SA 25:24 · 1SA 28:20 · 2SA 1:2 · 2SA 9:6 · 2SA 14:4 · 2SA 14:22 · 2SA 19:19 · 1KI 18:7 · 1KI 18:39 · 2KI 4:37 · 1CH 21:16 · 2CH 20:18 · EZR 10:1 · EST 7:8 · EST 8:3 · JOB 1:20 · EZK 1:28 · EZK 3:23 · EZK 9:8 · EZK 11:13 · EZK 43:3 · EZK 44:4 · DAN 2:46 · DAN 3:5 · DAN 3:6 · DAN 3:7 · DAN 3:10 · DAN 3:11 · DAN 3:15 · DAN 8:17
Stance | verb qal
to alight, to dismount literally: to fall; hence: = action by which humans let themselves slide from the back of a riding animal
Stance | verb hif
to cause to lie down = causative action by which humans cause other humans to assume a lying position
Dead | verb qal
to perish literally: to fall; hence: = process by which humans die in a violent way
Dwell | verb qal
to encamp, to settle literally: to lie; hence: = state in which a group of people are temporarily residing in a certain place
Unsafe | verb qal | ≈ כשׁל | ≠ פרח · קום
to fall literally: to fall; hence: = process by which an individual or nation loses power, prosperity or status
2KI 14:10 · 2CH 25:19 · EST 6:13 · EST 6:13 · EST 6:13 · PSA 5:11 · PRO 11:14 · PRO 11:28 · PRO 28:18 · ISA 3:8 · ISA 21:9 · ISA 21:9 · JER 49:21 · JER 51:8 · JER 51:49 · DAN 11:19 · HOS 7:7 · AMO 5:2 · AMO 8:14 · MIC 7:8
Weak | verb qal
to become weak, to become limp literally: to fall; hence: = process by which someone's arms lose their strength, ≈ which is a symbol for their political and military strength
Weak | verb qal
Collocation: נפל לְמִשְׁכָּב
to take to (one's) bed, to be confined to bed literally: to fall on a bed; hence: = process by which humans become sick or wounded and are confined to their bed
Unwilling | verb hif
to reject exact meaning unknown; literally: to let fall; hence: = state in which humans are unappreciative of something
1 PRO 28:18 NRSV "fall into the Pit" REB "fall into a pit" = [1a]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נָפַל 433 vb. fall, lie Qal 366 fall, by accident
Esp. of violent death
fig. = go to ruin, perish, etc.
fig. = experience calamity
fall, of a city
Fall prostrate
fall = prostrate oneself before
fall upon one's neck, in embrace
Fall upon = attack
desert or fall away to, go over to
Fig., of deep sleep
Other idiomatic uses
= lie; = lie prostrate
Hiph. cause to fall
Of causing death; = overthrow, bring to destruction
Esp. of casting lot
Fig., let drop, cause to fail
cause deep sleep to fall
Other idioms
Hithp. throw, or prostrate oneself
base