And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
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פָּתַל
H6617 · pâthal · paw-thal' · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous
KJV usage
(shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.
KJV renderings in this mapping
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Mapped occurrences
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.