Strong’s H6617 · Hebrew
פָּתַל
pâthal · paw-thal'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous
In the King James Version (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Genesis 30:8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
- 2 Samuel 22:27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
- Job 5:13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
- Psalms 18:26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
- Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.