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Lexicon :: Strong's G3508 - nephthalim

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Νεφθαλίμ
Transliteration
nephthalim (Key)
Pronunciation
nef-thal-ime'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin נַפְתָּלִי (H5321)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s)
TR
3x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Νεφθαλείμ Nephthaleím, nef-thal-ime'; of Hebrew origin (H5321); Nephthaleim (i.e. Naphthali), a tribe in Palestine:—Nephthalim.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3508 in the following manner: Nephthalim (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3508 in the following manner: Nephthalim (3x).
  1. Naphtali = "wrestling"

    1. was the sixth son of Jacob, the second child borne to him by Bilhah, Rachel's slave. His posterity form the tribe of Naphtali.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Νεφθαλείμ Nephthaleím, nef-thal-ime'; of Hebrew origin (H5321); Nephthaleim (i.e. Naphthali), a tribe in Palestine:—Nephthalim.
STRONGS G3508:
Νεφθαλείμ (and (so T editions 2, 7, WH in Revelation 7:6) Νεφθαλίμ; see WH's Appendix, p. 155, and under the word Iota), (נַפְתָּלִי, i. e. 'my wrestling' (cf. Genesis 30:8), or according to what seems to be a more correct interpretation 'my craftiness' (cf. Josephus, Antiquities 1, 19, 8; Test xii. Patr. test. Neph. § 1), from פָּתַל unused in Kal; cf. Rüetschi in Herzog x., p. 200f), Naphtali, the sixth son of the patriarch Jacob, by Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Revelation 7:6; by metonymy, his posterity, the tribe of Naphtali, Matthew 4:13, 15.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
30:8
Matthew
4:13; 4:15
Revelation
7:6; 7:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3508 matches the Greek Νεφθαλίμ (nephthalim),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:13 - And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:6 - 12,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
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