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Νεφθαλείμ

Nephthaleím · G3508 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. Naphtali

    A son of Jacob and ancestor of an Israelite tribe

    Examples

    Revelation 7:6 from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,

  2. Naphtali

    The territory of the tribe of Naphtali

    Examples

    Matthew 4:13 and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.

    Matthew 4:15 “THE LAND OF ZEBULUN AND THE LAND OF NAPHTALI, BY THE WAY OF THE SEA, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JORDAN, GALILEE OF THE GENTILES—

How it’s used In 1 role

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In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

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In the other Testament 1 word
נַפְתָּלִי Naphtâlîy · H5321 · Naphtali
The Hebrew name of Naphtali, both the son of Jacob and the tribe descended from him, behind the Greek form of the name.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Naphtali93.275
Explaining Jesus' move to Capernaum, Matthew 4:13 states “and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,” where “Naphtali” renders this proper name of one of the twelve tribes and its territory.
Naphtali93.542
Citing Isaiah's prophecy, Matthew 4:15 continues, “THE LAND OF ZEBULUN AND THE LAND OF NAPHTALI, BY THE WAY OF THE SEA, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JORDAN, GALILEE OF THE GENTILES—,” where “NAPHTALI” again renders this same name, listed here as a second, closely related Louw-Nida entry for the identical geographic/tribal reference.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (and (so T editions 2, 7, WH in Rev 7:6) Νεφθαλίμ; see WH's Appendix, p. 155, and under…
(and (so T editions 2, 7, WH in Rev 7:6) Νεφθαλίμ; see WH's Appendix, p. 155, and under the word Iota), ὁ (נַפְתָּלִי, i. e. 'my wrestling' (cf. Gen 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: Rev 7:6; by metonymy, his posterity, the tribe of Naphtali, Mt 4:13, Mt 4:15.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Persons1 occurrencePlaces2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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