נָבָל
nābāl
foolish
Strong's H5036AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 1285a

נָבָל (nābāl) is a Hebrew adjective meaning foolish. It appears 18 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5036).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1285a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1285a)foolish, senseless, ignoble, disgraceful, fool; stupid, wicked, impious; vile person
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נָבָל adjective: foolish, senseless, ignoble, disgraceful, fool

Strong's H5036 נָבָל: stupid; wicked (especially impious)
KJV:fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1285: נָבַל nābal — be senseless, foolish; regard, treat as a, with contumely; wilt, fall, fail, faint, wicked, despise, disgrace; dishounour, lightly esteem, fade, fadeing, falling, do foolishly, come to nought, make vile, wither

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 32:62 Samuel 3:33Job 2:10

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