נָכַל
nachal · plot, deal deceitfully
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5230 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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nachal (נָכַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “plot, deal deceitfully”.
Plot against someone, act with deceit.
How to say it
na·chal
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
- Scheme secretly against someone; act slyly.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- be the deceiver ×1
- deal craftily ×1
- they deceived ×1
- they plotted ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 37:18
They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they plotted against him to kill him.
- Numbers 25:18
for they are harassing you with their deceptions with which they deceived you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, daughter of a chief of Midian, their sister, who was struck on the day of the plague on account of Peor.”
- Psalms 105:25
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
- Malachi 1:14
And cursed be the deceiver who has in his flock a male, and vows and sacrifices to Adonai something damaged; for a great King I am, says YHWH Tsevaot, and my name is fearsome among the nations.