To twist
פָּתַלStrong’s H6617patal (pa-tal)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Patal is the Hebrew word usually translated “show yourself twisted”, “have wrestled” and “tortuous”. It appears in 5 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.”
Meaning
- To twist(Niphal) · (Hithpael) to be twisted
How it's translated
- you show yourself twisted 2
- i have wrestled 1
- tortuous 1
- a twisted 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 22:27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
- Job 5:13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
- Psalms 18:26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
- Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Hebrew dictionary
פָּתַל patal · to twist
1) to twist 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be twisted 1a2) to wrestle 1b) (Hithpael) to be twisted
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “twist” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TWIST, verb transitive
- To unite by winding one thread, strand or other flexible substance round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as to twist yarn or thread.
- To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
- To contort; to writhe; as, to twist a thing into a serpentine form.
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle.
All definitions and other forms of “twist”
- To form; to weave; as, to twist a story.
- To unite by intertexture of parts; as, to twist bays with ivy.
- To unite; to enter by winding; to insinuate; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
- To pervert; as, to twist a passage in an author.
- To turn from a straight line.
TWIST, verb intransitive
To be contorted or united by winding round each other. Some strands will twist more easily than others.
TWIST, noun
A cord, thread or any thing flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
- A cord; a string; a single cord.
- A contortion; a writhe.
- A little roll of tobacco.
- Manner of twisting.
- A twig. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.