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Saturday, September 7th, 2024
the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #5303 - נְפִל

Transliteration

nᵉphîyl

Phonetics

nef-eel', nef-eel'

Origin

from (H5307)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1393a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

giants, the Nephilim

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Genesis 1

Numbers 2

BSB (3)

Genesis 1

Numbers 2

CSB (3)

Genesis 1

Numbers 2

ESV (3)

Genesis 1

Numbers 2

KJV (3)

Genesis 1

Numbers 2

LEB (3)

Genesis 1

Numbers 2

LSB (3)

Genesis 1

Numbers 2

N95 (3)

Genesis 1

Numbers 2

NAS (3)

Genesis 1

Numbers 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

Genesis 1

Numbers 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

נְפִלִים noun masculine plural giants, according to ᵐ5 γίγαντες so ᵑ6ᵑ9; הַנְּפִלִים Genesis 6:4 (J), הַנְּפִילִים בְּנֵי עֲנָקמִןהַֿנְּפִלִים Numbers 13:33 (JE); ᵐ5 omit ׳בְּנֵי וגו, and so Di; these words perhaps doublet, but already in ⅏, also ᵑ9 (etymology dubious; compare Aramaic נִיפְלָא, נְפִילָא Orion; conjectures see in Thes Di^{on the passage}; Tu Kn Len^{Or. i. 344, Eng. Tr. 345f.}; Che^{Hebraica. iii (1887), 175,176}; all very precarious).

List of Word Forms

הַנְּפִילִ֛ים הַנְּפִלִ֑ים הַנְּפִלִ֞ים הנפילים הנפלים han·nə·p̄i·lîm han·nə·p̄î·lîm hannefiLim hannəp̄ilîm hannəp̄îlîm