Hebrew · H5307, G4098 · unreviewed

Naphal

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

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נָפַל H5307 to fall , in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

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πίπτω G4098 to fall (literally or figuratively)

Pronunciation píptō

Fall carries both physical descent and moral/spiritual ruin; often paired with repentance or judgment themes.

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What does naphal (naphal) mean in the Bible?

נָפַל · πίπτω is a Hebrew word meaning "to fall, collapse, be overthrown".

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Meaning

to fall, collapse, be overthrown

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 192×

Imperfect 1Chr 12:20 · 1Kgs 1:52 · 1Sam 14:45 · 2Kgs 10:10 · 2Sam 14:11 · 2Sam 17:12 · Amos 9:9 · Deut 22:8 · Eccl 10:8 · Eccl 11:3 · Ezek 6:12 · Isa 10:34 · Isa 13:15 · Isa 24:18 · Isa 54:15 · Jer 48:44 86×

Perfect 1Chr 5:22 · 1Chr 12:20 · 1Chr 12:21 · 2Chr 15:9 · 2Chr 20:18 · 2Chr 29:9 · 2Kgs 25:11 · 2Sam 1:12 · 2Sam 1:19 · 2Sam 1:25 · 2Sam 1:27 · Ezek 27:34 · Ezek 31:12 · Gen 4:6 · Hos 7:7 · Isa 9:9 71×

Participle active 1Chr 10:8 · 1Sam 5:3 · 1Sam 5:4 · 1Sam 31:8 · 2Chr 20:24 · Deut 21:1 · Deut 22:4 · Esth 7:8 · Ezek 32:23 · Ezek 32:27 · Gen 15:12 · Isa 30:13 · Jer 37:13 · Jer 37:14 · Job 12:3 · Job 13:2 25×

Cohortative 1Chr 21:13 · 2Sam 24:14 4×

Jussive 1Sam 17:32 · 1Sam 26:20 · Jer 37:20 · Jer 42:2 4×

Infinitive absolute Esth 6:13 1×

Sequential imperfect Hos 10:8 1×

Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 28×

Imperfect 2Kgs 3:19 · Ezek 47:22 · Ezek 48:29 · Job 6:27 · Ezek 32:12 · Ezek 39:3 · Jer 3:12 · 2Kgs 3:25 · Ps 22:19 · Isa 26:19 · Prov 19:15 · Exod 21:27 · Prov 1:14 13×

Perfect 1Chr 26:14 · Judg 2:19 · Neh 11:1 · 1Sam 3:19 · Esth 3:7 · Isa 34:17 · Jer 15:8 · Josh 23:4 · Neh 10:35 · Prov 7:26 10×

Participle active 2Kgs 6:5 · Dan 9:18 · Jer 38:26 3×

Sequential imperfect 1Sam 14:42 1×

Jussive Esth 6:10 1×

Hithpael reflexive or reciprocal — the subject acts on itself or mutually with others 1×

Perfect Deut 9:25 1×

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 221 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form

Imperfect 104 Perfect 82 Participle 28 Cohortative 4 Imperative 2 Infinitive absolute 1

Stem

Qal 192 Hiphil 28 Hithpael 1

Mood

Indicative/jussive 96 Indicative 82 Jussive 5 Indicative/cohortative 3 Imperative 2

OT Occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

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Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 13 — The More Excellent Way of Love John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World Mark 5 — The Authority of Jesus over Demons, Disease, and Death Matthew 18 — Kingdom Humility, Care for the Little Ones, Discipline, and Forgiveness in Christ’s Community Matthew 2 — The Messiah Worshiped, Threatened, Preserved, and Called Out of Egypt Matthew 7 — Kingdom Discernment, the Narrow Way, and the Wise Builder Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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