Words the Bible translates as fail
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- piptōπίπτωto fall: to drop or go down from a higher place to a lower one, whether by accident, on purpose, or in ruin
- kalahכָּלָהto reach a full end, or to bring something to its full end: to finish it, use it up, or wipe it out
- ekleipōἐκλείπωto failnot studied yet
- ḥadalחָדַלto stop: to leave off doing something, or for something to come to an end or run out
- ekpiptōἐκπίπτωto fall out of place: to come away from whatever was holding something, whether a blossom from its stem, a ship from its course, or a person from the standing he was in
- ḥaserחָסֵרto be short of something needed, to lack or run low; and so to make something or someone fall short, to deprive
- kaḥashכָּחַשׁto deal falsely: to lie or deny the truth, put on a false front, or (of a thing) fail to deliver what it promised
- kazavכָּזַבto lie: to say what is untrue, or (of a thing) to prove false and let one down
- adarעָדַרto be missing: absent from a group, a count, or a supply that ought to be complete
+2 more meanings
- to hoe: to break up and weed the soil of a field or vineyard by hand
- to support in battle: to join a fighting force as a backer, or to take one's place in its ranks
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