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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6617 - פָּתַל

Transliteration

pâthal

Phonetics

paw-thal'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1857

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to twist
1. (Niphal)
  1. to be twisted
  2. to wrestle
2. (Hithpael) to be twisted

Greek Equivalent Words:

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Genesis 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

BSB (5)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

CSB (5)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

ESV (5)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

KJV (5)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

LEB (5)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

LSB (7)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

N95 (5)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 1

Proverbs 1

NAS (7)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 2

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

ASV (4)

have i wrestled 1

of the cunning 1

there is nothing crooked 1

thou wilt show thyself froward 1

BSB (5)

are crooked 1

i have wrestled 1

of the cunning 1

you show yourself shrewd 2

CSB (5)

deceptive 1

of the deceptive 1

shrewd 1

wrestled 1

yourself shrewd 1

ESV (5)

seem tortuous 1

tortuous 1

twisted 1

wily 1

wrestled 1

KJV (5)

froward 3

unsavoury 1

wrestled 1

LEB (5)

i have struggled 1

of them are twisted 1

the wily 1

you appear as a fool 1

you show yourself shrewd 1

LSB (7)

astute 2

show 2

twisted 2

wrestled 1

N95 (5)

astute 1

crooked 1

cunning 1

show 1

wrestled 1

NAS (7)

astute 2

crooked 1

cunning 1

show 2

wrestled 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

have i wrestled 1

of the cunning 1

or perverse in them 1

there is nothing crooked 1

you will show yourself shrewd 1

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)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[מָּתַל] verb twist (Late Hebrew Pi`el and derivatives; Arabic

; Ethiopic

; Aramaic מְּתַל, chiefly derivatives, in figure senses; Syriac

); —

Niph`al Perfect 1 singular נִמְּתַּלְתִּי עִם Genesis 30:8 I have wrestled (literally twisted myself) with; Participle עֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים Job 5:13 the plan of the tortuous; נִפְתָּל וְעִקֵּשׁ Proverbs 8:8 anything tortuous and twisted.

Hithpa`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular עִםֿעִקֵּשׁ תִּתְמַּתָּ֑ל Psalm 18:27 with the twisted thou dost deal tortuously = 2 Samuel 22:27 (so read for impossible תִּתַּמָּ֑ל).

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