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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #6617 - פָּתַל

Transliteration

pâthal

Phonetics

paw-thal'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

1857

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to twist

1a) (Niphal)

1a1) to be twisted

1a2) to wrestle

1b) (Hithpael) to be twisted

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1294 ‑ διαστρέφω (dee‑as‑tref'‑o); 4761 ‑ στρεβλόω (streb‑lo'‑o); 4646 ‑ σκολιός (skol‑ee‑os');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (5)

Genesis

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

NAS (7)

Genesis

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

HCS (5)

Genesis

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

BSB (5)

Genesis

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

ESV (5)

Genesis

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

WEB (5)

Genesis

2 Samuel

Job

Proverbs

Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2650) l t p (פתל PTL) AC: Twist CO: Cord AB: ?: Cords are made by twisting fibers together. [from: lt- from a rope]

V) l t p (פתל PTL) - Twist: KJV (5): (vf: Niphal, Hitpael) froward, wrestle, unsavory - Strongs: H6617 (פָּתַל)

b^m) l i t p (פתיל PTYL) - Cord: Made of twisted fibers. KJV (11): lace, bracelet, wire, ribband, bound, thread, line - Strongs: H6616 (פָּתִיל)

l ^m) l t l t p (פתלתל PTLTL) - Twisted: KJV (1): crooked - Strongs: H6618 (פְּתַלְתֹּל)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פָּתַל not used in Kal. Arab. and Eth. to twist, to twine, to spin. See פָּתִיל.

Niphal

(1) to be twisted; metaph. to be crafty, deceitful, Proverbs 8:8; Job 5:13.

(2) to wrestle (which is done by twisting the limbs together), Genesis 30:8. See נַפְתּוּלִים.

Hithpael, to act perversely or deceitfully, Psalms 18:27. As to the form תִּתַּפַּל 2 Samuel 22:27, see Analyt. Ind.

Derivatives, פָּתִיל, נַפְתּוּלִים pr.n. נַפְתָּלְי, and

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List of Word Forms

נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי נִפְתָּ֥ל נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נפתל נפתלים נפתלתי תִּתְפַּתָּֽל׃ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃ תתפל׃ תתפתל׃ nifTal niftaLim nifTalti nip̄·tā·lîm nip̄·tāl nip̄·tal·tî nip̄tāl nip̄tālîm nip̄taltî tiṯ·pat·tāl tit·tap·pāl titpatTal tiṯpattāl tittapPal tittappāl

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