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Strong H5321H5321Gנַפְתָּלִי

Naphtali

One of the 2 senses of Strong H5321

Transliteration
naphtâlîy
Pronunciation
naf-taw-lee'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man of the tribe of Naphtali living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.8;
son of: Israel (H3478) and Bilhah (H1090A);
brother of: Dan (H1835H);
half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Gad (H1410), Asher (H836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144);
father of: Jahzeel (H3183), Guni (H1476), Jezer (H3337) and Shillem (H8006)
Also named: Nephthaleim (Νεφθαλείμ "Naphtali" G3508)

Meaning of the name

Naphtali = "wrestling"

General definition

From H6617; my wrestling;
{Naphtali} a son of {Jacob} with the tribe descended from {him} and its territory: - Naphtali.

In the biblical story

Naphtali

Son of Jacob, founder of the tribe of Naphtali.

Naphtali, the sixth son of Jacob and second son of Bilhah, was the founder of the Israelite tribe that bore his name.

In the Bible

Strong H5321G appears in 46 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • naphtali46

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. Genesis 35:25
    And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
  3. Genesis 46:24
    And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
  4. Genesis 49:21
    Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
  5. Exodus 1:4
    Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
  6. Numbers 1:15
    Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
  7. Numbers 1:42
    Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
  8. Numbers 1:43
    Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
  9. Numbers 2:29
    Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
  10. Numbers 7:78
    On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
  11. Numbers 10:27
    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
  12. Numbers 13:14
    Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
  13. Numbers 26:48
    Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
  14. Numbers 26:50
    These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
  15. Numbers 34:28
    And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
  16. Deuteronomy 27:13
    And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
  17. Deuteronomy 33:23
    And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south.
  18. Deuteronomy 34:2
    And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,
  19. Joshua 19:32
    The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
  20. Joshua 19:39
    This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
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