Naphtali — the meaning of the Hebrew name נַפְתָּלִי

נַפְתָּלִי

Naphtâlîy · pronounced naf-taw-lee' · Strong's H5321 · a man and a place

Naphtali means my wrestling.

Built from

פָּתַל pâthal (from, H6617) — to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H6617; my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory.

First appearance

Gen 30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. (KJV)

Every verse that names Naphtali

47 occurrences in 47 verses — Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Psalms, Isaiah, Ezekiel

Gen 30:8Gen 35:25Gen 46:24Gen 49:21Exod 1:4Num 1:15Num 1:42Num 1:43Num 2:29Num 7:78Num 10:27Num 13:14Num 26:48Num 26:50Num 34:28Deut 27:13Deut 33:23Deut 34:2Josh 19:32Josh 19:39Josh 20:7Josh 21:6Josh 21:32Judg 1:33Judg 4:6Judg 4:10Judg 5:18Judg 6:35Judg 7:231Kgs 4:151Kgs 7:141Kgs 15:202Kgs 15:291Chr 2:21Chr 6:471Chr 6:611Chr 7:131Chr 12:351Chr 12:411Chr 27:192Chr 16:42Chr 34:6Ps 68:28Isa 8:23Ezek 48:3Ezek 48:4Ezek 48:34

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