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HebrewH6617Verb

פָּתַל

pa.tal

4Occurrences
H6617Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to twist 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be twisted 1a2) to wrestle 1b) (Hithpael) to be twisted

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

פָּתַל appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
1
Genesis
1
Job
1
Proverbs
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 22:27BSB

to the pure You show Yourself pure,but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

Genesis 30:8BSB

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

Job 5:13BSB

He catches the wise in their craftiness,and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Proverbs 8:8BSB

All the words of my mouth are righteous;none are crooked or perverse.

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