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Strong's #5321 - נַפְתָּלִי

Transliteration

Naphtâlîy

Phonetics

naf-taw-lee'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H6617)

Parts of Speech

N/A

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Naphtali = “wrestling”

1) the 5th son of Jacob and the 2nd by Bilhah the handmaid of Rachel (noun proper masculine)

2) the tribe descended from Naphtali the son of Jacob (noun proper masculine)

3) the territory assigned to the tribe of Naphtali (noun proper locative)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3508 ‑ Νεφθαλίμ (nef‑thal‑ime');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (50)

Genesis 4

Exodus 1

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 6

Judges 6

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 3

NAS (50)

Genesis 4

Exodus 1

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 6

Judges 6

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 3

HCS (50)

Genesis 4

Exodus 1

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 5

Judges 7

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 3

BSB (51)

Genesis 4

Exodus 1

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 6

Judges 7

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 3

ESV (49)

Genesis 5

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 6

Judges 6

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 3

WEB (50)

Genesis 4

Exodus 1

Numbers 11

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 6

Judges 6

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

נַפְתָּלִי proper name, masculine and of a tribe Naphtali, Νεφθαλει (μ), etc. (interpreted as my wrestling Genesis 30:8; perhaps originally crafty, cunning one); —

1 second son of Jacob and Bilhah Genesis 30:8 (J), Genesis 35:25; Genesis 46:24 (P), 1 Chronicles 2:2, compare Genesis 49:21 (poem).

2 as a tribe of Israel:

a. Judges 1:33; Judges 4:10; Judges 5:18; Deuteronomy 33:23 (twice in verse) +; so (Hexateuch, only P) ׳בְּנֵי נ Judges 4:6; Numbers 1:42 6t., ׳מַטֵּה נ Numbers 2:29; 1 Kings 7:14 5t., ׳מַטֵּה בְּנֵי נ Numbers 10:27; Numbers 34:28; Joshua 19:39; ׳שַׁעַר נ Ezekiel 48:34 (in new Jerusalem); ׳אֶרֶץ נ 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29, compare Isaiah 8:23; ׳קֶדֶשׁ נ Judges 4:6; ׳הַר נ Joshua 20:7; ׳גְּבוּל נ Ezekiel 48:4, ׳יָ֫מָּה נ Ezekiel 48:3; ׳עָרֵי נ 2 Chronicles 16:4.

b. as territorial name Deuteronomy 34:2 (JE) 1 Kings 4:15; 1 Chronicles 12:41 (van d. H. v. 1 Chronicles 12:40), 2 Chronicles 34:6; Judges 6:35; Judges 7:23 might be a or

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נַפְתָּלִי (“my strife,” see Genesis 30:8), pr. name, Naphtali, a son of Jacob by his concubine Bilhah; the ancestor of the tribe of that name, the bounds of whose territory are described -Joshua 19:3239. LXX. Νεφθαλείμ.

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List of Word Forms

בְּנַפְתָּלִ֑י בנפתלי וְנַפְתָּלִ֑י וְנַפְתָּלִ֖י וְנַפְתָּלִֽי׃ וּבְנַפְתָּלִ֔י וּזְבֻל֜וּן וּלְנַפְתָּלִ֣י וּמִנַּפְתָּלִ֖י ובנפתלי וזבלון ולנפתלי ומנפתלי ונפתלי ונפתלי׃ לְנַ֨פְתָּלִ֔י לנפתלי מִנַּפְתָּלִ֥י מנפתלי נַפְתָּלִ֑י נַפְתָּלִ֔י נַפְתָּלִ֖י נַפְתָּלִ֗י נַפְתָּלִ֜י נַפְתָּלִ֥י נַפְתָּלִֽי׃ נַפְתָּלִי֙ נפתלי נפתלי׃ bə·nap̄·tā·lî benaftaLi bənap̄tālî lə·nap̄·tā·lî leNaftaLi lənap̄tālî min·nap̄·tā·lî minnaftaLi minnap̄tālî naftaLi nap̄·tā·lî nap̄tālî ū·ḇə·nap̄·tā·lî ū·lə·nap̄·tā·lî ū·min·nap̄·tā·lî ū·zə·ḇu·lūn ūḇənap̄tālî ulenaftaLi ūlənap̄tālî uminnaftaLi ūminnap̄tālî uvenaftaLi ūzəḇulūn uzevuLun venaftaLi wə·nap̄·tā·lî wənap̄tālî