Nabal
נָבָלStrong’s H5037naval (na-val)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naval is the Hebrew word usually translated “nabal”, “like nabal” and “from nabal”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.25.3; married to Abigail (H0026)
How it's translated
- nabal 19
- like nabal 1
- to nabal 1
- from nabal 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 16
- 2 Samuel 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 25:4And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
- 1 Samuel 25:5And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
- 1 Samuel 25:9And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
- 1 Samuel 25:10And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
- 1 Samuel 25:14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
- 1 Samuel 25:19And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
Hebrew dictionary
נָבָל naval · Nabal
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.25.3; married to Abigail (H0026) § Nabhal or Nabal = "fool" a man of Carmel who spurned David's messengers, then died of shock when he realised it might cause his death; his case was pleaded by his wife Abigail who became David's wife after his death
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.