נְפַלnᵉphal

fall

Pronunciation: nef-al' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5308

Meanings

Pe`al

1. fall (Daniel 2:46; Daniel 3:5; Daniel 3:6)

2. fall, by violence (Daniel 7:20)

3. fall (Ezra 7:20)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 7:20 If you need anything else for your God’s Temple or for any similar needs, you may take it from the royal treasury.
  • Daniel 2:46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar threw himself down before Daniel and worshiped him, and he commanded his people to offer sacrifices and burn sweet incense before him.
  • Daniel 3:5 When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments, bow to the ground to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s gold statue.
  • Daniel 3:6 Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”
  • Daniel 3:7 So at the sound of the musical instruments, all the people, whatever their race or nation or language, bowed to the ground and worshiped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
  • Daniel 3:10 You issued a decree requiring all the people to bow down and worship the gold statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).