H6617

פתל

פתל

pathal

Verb · A primitive root

A primitive root; to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous:—(shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.

Outline

to twist

(Niphal)

to be twisted
to wrestle

(Hithpael) to be twisted

Usages

Genesis 30:8

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

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2 Samuel 22:27

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

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Job 5:13

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

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Psalms 18:26

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

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Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

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