Strong's Hebrew · H6617
H6617 pâthal
פָּתַל
paw-thal'
to twist
pâthal appears 5 times in Scripture, in Genesis, 2 Samuel, Job, Psalms and Proverbs. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous
In the King James Version
(shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.”
“to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.”
“He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.”
“Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.”
“to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
