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Strong's H5037 נָבָל (nabal)

Nabal - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5037 — te in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5037
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 18
Books 2

Strong's H5037 Quick Answer

Strong's H5037 נָבָל (Nabal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Nabal (naw-bawl') n/p. 1. dolt 2. Nabal, an Israelite It has 18 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include nabal and nabal's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Nabal (naw-bawl') n/p. 1. dolt 2. Nabal, an Israelite
Usage
18 linked usages
Books
2 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
nabal and nabal's

Meaning and Definition

Nabal (naw-bawl') n/p. 1. dolt 2. Nabal, an Israelite [the same as H5036] KJV: Nabal. Root(s): H5036

Original Word
נָבָל
Transliteration
Nabal
Derivation
Root: נבל First root strongs: 5036
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5037. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Nabal

Usage: A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.25.3; married to Abigail (H0026) § Nabhal or Nabal = "fool" a man of Carmel who spurned David's messengers, then died of shock when he realised it might cause his death; his case was pleaded by his wife Abigail who became David's wife after his death

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How Strong's H5037 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Nabal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Nabal 1 Samuel 25:3 15× Nabal's 1 Samuel 25:14

How Strong's H5037 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 18 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5037 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5037 in the Old Testament

18 indexed usages in Old Testament.

1 Samuel 25:3 KJV

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

1 Samuel 25:4 KJV

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

1 Samuel 25:5 KJV

And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

Usage Excerpts

First 18 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5037.

1 Samuel 25:3 Old Testament, KJV
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:4 Old Testament, KJV
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
1 Samuel 25:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
1 Samuel 25:9 Old Testament, KJV
And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
1 Samuel 25:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
1 Samuel 25:14 Old Testament, KJV
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
1 Samuel 25:19 Old Testament, KJV
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:25 Old Testament, KJV
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
1 Samuel 25:26 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:34 Old Testament, KJV
For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
1 Samuel 25:36 Old Testament, KJV
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
1 Samuel 25:37 Old Testament, KJV
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
1 Samuel 25:38 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
1 Samuel 25:39 Old Testament, KJV
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
1 Samuel 27:3 Old Testament, KJV
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
1 Samuel 30:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
2 Samuel 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
2 Samuel 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5037, grouped by book.

1 Samuel 16 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H5037 FAQ

What does nabal (נָבָל) mean?

Nabal (Strong's H5037) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Nabal". Nabal (naw-bawl') n/p. 1. dolt 2. Nabal, an Israelite

How many times is nabal (נָבָל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 18 linked usages for Strong's H5037 across 2 books.

Where can I study nabal (נָבָל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5037 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate nabal (נָבָל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as nabal and nabal's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.