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Strong's Number H5307

נָפַל

naphal · naw-fal'

Transliteration:

naphal{naw-fal'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

1392

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

Usage in the KJV:

fail 6, fall down 7, cast 19, cast down 9, fall away 2, divide 6, overthrow 2, present 5, lay 4, rot 3, accepted 2, lie down 1, inferior 2, lighted 3, lost 2, misc 22

Total: 428
Occurs 434 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to fall, lie, be cast down, fail
1. (Qal)
  1. to fall
  2. to fall (of violent death)
  3. to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before
  4. to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to , go away to, fall into the hand of
  5. to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result
  6. to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to
  7. to lie, lie prostrate
2. (Hiphil)
  1. to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate
  2. to overthrow
  3. to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot
  4. to let drop, cause to fail (fig.)
  5. to cause to fall
3. (Hithpael)
  1. to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon
  2. to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself
4. (Pilel) to fall