Definition

stupid; wicked (especially impious)

Etymology

from H5034 (נָבֵל);

Word family

• נָבֵל nâbêl

How the KJV renders it

• fool(-ish
• -ish man
• -ish woman)
• vile person

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.