נְבָלָה
nĕbālâ
senselessness
Strong's H5039NounHebrewTWOT 1285b

נְבָלָה (nĕbālâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning senselessness. It appears 13 times in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5039).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1285b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1285b)senselessness, disgrace; foolishness, wickedness, crime, punishment; folly, vile, villany
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נְבָלָה noun, feminine: senselessness, disgrace

senselessness, especially of disgraceful sins; also disgrace

Strong's H5039 נְבָלָה: foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment
KJV:folly, vile, villany.

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

Genesis 34:7Joshua 7:15Judges 19:23

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