Strong's H5037 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: נָבָל (Nâbâl)

Pronunciation: naw-bawl'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Nabhal or Nabal = "fool"

Derivation: the same as נָבָל (nâbâl) [H5036]; dolt;

Definition: Nabal, an Israelite

KJV Renderings: Nabal.

Senses

1. 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

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.