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נָבֵל
nâbêl · Hebrew · Strong's H5034 · 25 occurrences
What it means
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade away, ing, fall down, ling, off, do foolishly, come to nought, make vile, wither
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Where it appears
25 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 21 verses shown.
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.