navel · wither; act foolishly

What it means

navel (נָבֵל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “wither; act foolishly”.

Wither like a leaf; from there wear out, fail. In other passages, act foolishly or treat with contempt (Deuteronomy 32:15).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To dry up like a leaf, or lose strength.
2. To treat with dishonor one who deserves respect, or to act without sense.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• wither ×7
• fades ×4
• withers ×3
• dishonor ×2
• fading ×2
• You will surely ×1
• crumbles away ×1
• dishonored ×1
• dishonors ×1
• wear yourself out ×1
• others ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×2
• Deuteronomy×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×3
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×11
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×1
• Micah×1
• Nahum×1

• Exodus 18:18

  You will surely wear yourself out, both you and this people that is with you; for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.

• Deuteronomy 32:15

  And Jeshurun grew fat and kicked —you grew fat, you grew thick, you were covered with fat— and he forsook Eloah who made him and dishonored the Rock of his salvation.

• 2 Samuel 22:46

  Foreigners wither, and they come out girded from their strongholds.

• Job 14:18

  But a mountain that falls crumbles away, and a rock is removed from its place;

• Psalms 1:3

  He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, that gives its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither; and all that he does prospers.

• Psalms 18:45

  Foreigners wither, and come out trembling from their strongholds.

• Psalms 37:2

  For like the grass quickly they will be cut down, and like the green of the pasture they will wither.

• Proverbs 30:32

  If you have acted foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have schemed, put your hand to your mouth.

• Isaiah 1:30

  For you will be like a terebinth whose leaves wither, and like a garden that has no water.

• Isaiah 24:4

  The earth mourns, withers; the world languishes, withers; the exalted of the people of the earth languish.

• Isaiah 28:1

  Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower, the adornment of its beauty, which is on the head of the valley of fatness of those struck down by wine!

• Isaiah 28:4

  And the fading flower, the adornment of its beauty, which is on the head of the valley of fatness, will be like an early fig before the summer, which the one who sees sees it, and while it is still in his hand he swallows it.

• Isaiah 34:4

  And all the army of the heavens will dissolve, and the heavens will be rolled up like a book, and all their army will fade as a leaf fades from the vine, and as what fades from the fig tree.

• Isaiah 40:7

  The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of YHWH blows on it; surely the people is grass.

• Isaiah 40:8

  The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our Elohim will stand forever.”

• Isaiah 64:6

  And we have become like the unclean, all of us, and like a garment of menstruation all our acts of righteousness; and we wither like the leaf, all of us, and our iniquities like the wind carry us away.

• Jeremiah 8:13

  I will gather them in completely, declares YHWH. There are no grapes on the vine, and no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf withers; and what I gave them will pass away from them.’”

• Jeremiah 14:21

  Do not spurn us for the sake of your name; do not dishonor the throne of your glory; remember, do not break your covenant with us.

• Ezekiel 47:12

  And by the torrent will grow up, on its bank, on one side and on the other, every tree for food; its leaf will not wither, nor will its fruit fail; every month it will bear new fruit, for its water goes out from the sanctuary; and its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for medicine.”

• Micah 7:6

  For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

• Nahum 3:6

  And I will throw on you detestable things, and dishonor you, and make you a spectacle.

And 4 more times.