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Strong's H5038 נְבֵלָה (nebelah)

Nebelah means “dead of itself” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5038 — teichos (“wall”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5038
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 41
Books 9

Strong's H5038 Quick Answer

Strong's H5038 נְבֵלָה (nbelah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. nbelah (neb-ay-law') n-f. 1. a flabby thing, i.e. a carcass or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively) 2. (figuratively) an idol It has 41 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include carcases, thing, and things. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
nbelah (neb-ay-law') n-f. 1. a flabby thing, i.e. a carcass or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively) 2. (figuratively) an idol
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
carcases, thing, and things

Meaning and Definition

nbelah (neb-ay-law') n-f. 1. a flabby thing, i.e. a carcass or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively) 2. (figuratively) an idol [from H5034] KJV: (dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself. Root(s): H5034

Original Word
נְבֵלָה
Transliteration
nbelah
Derivation
Root: נבל First root strongs: 5034
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5038. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H5038 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nbelah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

carcases Leviticus 11:11 thing Leviticus 5:2 things Jeremiah 16:18

How Strong's H5038 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 41 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5038 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5038 in the Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Leviticus 5:2 KJV

Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

Leviticus 7:24 KJV

And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.

Leviticus 11:8 KJV

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5038.

Leviticus 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
Leviticus 7:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
Leviticus 11:8 Old Testament, KJV
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
Leviticus 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 11:25 Old Testament, KJV
And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 11:27 Old Testament, KJV
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 11:28 Old Testament, KJV
And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
Leviticus 11:35 Old Testament, KJV
And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you.
Leviticus 11:36 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
Leviticus 11:37 Old Testament, KJV
And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
Leviticus 11:38 Old Testament, KJV
But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
Leviticus 11:39 Old Testament, KJV
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 11:40 Old Testament, KJV
And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 17:15 Old Testament, KJV
And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
Leviticus 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD.
Deuteronomy 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
Deuteronomy 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Deuteronomy 21:23 Old Testament, KJV
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 28:26 Old Testament, KJV
And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
Joshua 8:29 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
1 Kings 13:22 Old Testament, KJV
But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
1 Kings 13:24 Old Testament, KJV
And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
1 Kings 13:25 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
1 Kings 13:28 Old Testament, KJV
And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
1 Kings 13:29 Old Testament, KJV
And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
1 Kings 13:30 Old Testament, KJV
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
2 Kings 9:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
Psalms 79:2 Old Testament, KJV
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Isaiah 5:25 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 26:19 Old Testament, KJV
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Jeremiah 7:33 Old Testament, KJV
And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
Jeremiah 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
Jeremiah 16:4 Old Testament, KJV
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 16:18 Old Testament, KJV
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
Jeremiah 19:7 Old Testament, KJV
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 26:23 Old Testament, KJV
And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
Jeremiah 34:20 Old Testament, KJV
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 36:30 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Ezekiel 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Ezekiel 44:31 Old Testament, KJV
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5038, grouped by book.

Leviticus 16 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H5038 FAQ

What does nebelah (נְבֵלָה) mean?

Nebelah (Strong's H5038) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "dead of itself". nbelah (neb-ay-law') n-f. 1. a flabby thing, i.e. a carcass or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively) 2. (figuratively) an idol

How many times is nebelah (נְבֵלָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's H5038 across 9 books.

Where can I study nebelah (נְבֵלָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5038 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate nebelah (נְבֵלָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as carcases, thing, and things. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.