Strong's Hebrew · H5307
נָפַל
nâphal · naw-fal'
be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל)), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.
Definition
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 434 times in Scripture
“And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel”
“Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?””
“Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,”
“Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.”
“So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.”
““Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?”
“but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.”
“As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.”
“and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).