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HebrewH5321Proper Noun (Masculine)

נַפְתָּלִי

naph.ta.li

41Occurrences
H5321Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory

from H6617 (פָּתַל); my wrestling;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Naphtali living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Israel (H3478) and Bilhah (H1090A); brother of: Dan (H1835H); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Jahzeel (H3183), Guni (H1476), Jezer (H3337) and Shillem (H8006) Also named: Nephthaleim (*Νεφθαλείμ *"Naphtali" G3508) § Naphtali = "wrestling" 1) the 5th son of Jacob and the 2nd by Bilhah the handmaid of Rachel 2) the tribe descended from Naphtali the son of ) the territory assigned to the tribe of Naphtali

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נַפְתָּלִי appears 41 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
10
Judges
6
Joshua
5
Genesis
4
1 Chronicles
3
1 Kings
3
Deuteronomy
3
Ezk
3

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:2BSB

Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

2 Kings 15:29BSB

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

Genesis 30:8BSB

Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Judges 6:35BSB

Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.

Numbers 1:42BSB

From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.