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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #6617 - פָּתַל
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2650) ltp (פתל PTL) AC: Twist CO: Cord AB: ?: Cords are made by twisting fibers together. [from: lt- from a rope]
V) ltp (פתל PTL) - Twist: KJV (5): (vf: Niphal, Hitpael) froward, wrestle, unsavory - Strongs: H6617 (פָּתַל)
bm) litp (פתיל PTYL) - Cord: Made of twisted fibers. KJV (11): lace, bracelet, wire, ribband, bound, thread, line - Strongs: H6616 (פָּתִיל)
l m) ltltp (פתלתל PTLTL) - Twisted: KJV (1): crooked - Strongs: H6618 (פְּתַלְתֹּל)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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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