Limitless Word
פָּתַלpâthal/paw-thal'/
HebrewH66175 occurrences (KJV)

to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous

KJV renders it: (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.

Where it appears

  • Gen 30:8Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.
  • 2 Sam 22:27With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
  • Job 5:13He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
  • Ps 18:26With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
  • Prov 8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.