Hebrew Word Study

The meaning of נֶפֶל

Understanding nephel reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

or נֵפֶל nêphel (nay'-fel); from נָפַל untimely birth. - something fallen, i.e. an abortion 1) untimely birth, abortion,...

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נֶפֶל

Phoneticneh'-fel
Transliterationnephel
Grammar Code
H:N-M
Hebrew Noun, Masculine
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

or נֵפֶל nêphel (nay'-fel); from נָפַל untimely birth. - something fallen, i.e. an abortion 1) untimely birth, abortion, miscarriage

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

3 total references
ReferenceText
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)

Usage Statistics

Total Occurrences
3x
Most Frequent Book
Job
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