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Naphtali

נַפְתָּלִיStrong’s H5321

naphtali (naph-ta-li)

Appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Naphtali is the Hebrew word usually translated “naphtali” and “from naphtali”. It appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.”
Genesis 30:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. The 5th son of Jacob and the 2nd by Bilhah the handmaid of Rachel
How it's translated
  • naphtali 39
  • and naphtali 5
  • for naphtali 2
  • and of naphtali 2
  • and in naphtali 1
  • from naphtali 1
  • in naphtali 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 10
  • 1 Chronicles 7
  • Judges 6
  • Joshua 5
  • Genesis 4
  • Deuteronomy 3

13 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

נַפְתָּלִי naphtali · Naphtali

A man of the tribe of Naphtali living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.8; 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 …

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.