The meaning of “נֶפֶל”
Understanding nephel reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or נֵפֶל nêphel (nay'-fel); from נָפַל untimely birth. - something fallen, i.e. an abortion 1) untimely birth, abortion,...
נֶפֶל
or נֵפֶל nêphel (nay'-fel); from נָפַל untimely birth. - something fallen, i.e. an abortion 1) untimely birth, abortion, miscarriage
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Job 3:16 | “Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.” Word: נֶפֶל (nephel) | |
| Psalms 58:8 | “As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.” Word: נֶפֶל (nephel) | |
| Ecclesiastes 6:3 | “If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.” Word: נֶפֶל (nephel) |
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