Strong's H5307 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: נָפַל (nâphal)

Pronunciation: naw-fal'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root

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

KJV Renderings: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל (pâlal) H6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down

Senses

1. 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

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