Lexicon Nephthalim: Naphtali, a tribe of Isr. Original Word: Νεφθαλείμ, ὁPart of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Nephthalim Phonetic Spelling: (nef-thal-ime') Short Definition: Naphtali Definition: Naphtali, son of Jacob, founder of a tribe which occupied territory. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Hebrew origin NaphtaliDefinitionNaphtali, a tribe of Isr. NASB TranslationNaphtali (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3508: ΝεφθαλείμΝεφθαλείμ (and (so T editions 2, 7, WH in Revelation 7:6) Νεφθαλίμ; see WH's Appendix, p. 155, and under the word Iota), ὁ ( נַפְתָּלִי, i. e. 'my wrestling' (cf. Genesis 30:8), or according to what seems to be a more correct interpretation 'my craftiness' (cf. Josephus, Antiquities 1, 19, 8; Test xii. Patr. test. Neph. § 1), from פָּתַל unused in Kal; cf. Rüetschi in Herzog x., p. 200f), Naphtali, the sixth son of the patriarch Jacob, by Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Revelation 7:6; by metonymy, his posterity, the tribe of Naphtali, Matthew 4:13, 15.
Strong's Naphtali Of Hebrew origin (Naphtaliy); Nephthaleim (i.e. Naphthali), a tribe in Palestine -- Nephthalim. see HEBREW Naphtaliy |
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