נָבֵל

nâbêl · Hebrew · Strong's H5034 · 25 occurrences

The KJV renders 24 different Hebrew and Greek words as “ing”

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.

“ing”

also renders oikodoméō (G3618), katára (G2671), oikodomḗ (G3619), ʼâbêl (H57), beged (H899), chêqer (H2714), yâtsab (H3320), yârêʼ (H3372), yârâh (H3384), yâshên (H3463), kâshal (H3782), lûwn (H3885), lâmad (H3925), maṭṭâʻ (H4302), mishṭôwach (H4894), mishteh (H4960), nâgach (H5055), nâgan (H5059), nâdad (H5074), nâtsar (H5341), nâqaph (H5362), shîyr (H7892), simlâh (H8071)

“off”

also renders ekpíptō (G1601), gâdaʻ (H1438), nâthaq (H5423), çûwr (H5493), ʻâzab (H5800), rûwm (H7311), râchaq (H7368), shâbar (H7665)

“wither”

also renders xēraínō (G3583), yâbêsh (H3001), qâmal (H7060)

“ling”

also renders thélō (G2309), yânaq (H3243)

“come to nought”

also renders erēmóō (G2049), katalýō (G2647)

“fade away”

also renders maraínō (G3133)

Where it appears

25 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 21 verses shown.

2 Samuel 22:46 · HVqi3mp

The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.

Deuteronomy 32:15 · HC/Vpw3ms

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.

Exodus 18:18 · HVqa

You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.

Ezekiel 47:12 · HVqi3ms

By the river banks, on both sides, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing.”

Isaiah 1:30 · HVqrfsc

For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.

Isaiah 24:4 · HVqp3fs

The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.

Isaiah 28:1 HVqrmsaIsaiah 28:4 HVqrmsaIsaiah 34:4 HC/R/VqrfsaIsaiah 40:7 HVqp3msIsaiah 40:8 HVqp3msIsaiah 64:6 HC/Vqw1cpJeremiah 8:13 HVqp3msJeremiah 14:21 HVpj2msJob 14:18 HVqi3msMicah 7:6 HVprmsaNahum 3:6 HC/Vpp1cs/Sp2fsProverbs 30:32 HVqp2msPsalm 1:3 HVqi3msPsalm 18:45 HVqi3mpPsalm 37:2 HVqi3mp/Sn

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.