H6617 פָּתַל
pâthal — to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous
KJV: (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.
Occurs 5 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [פָּתַל] vb. twist
- Niph. I have wrestled (lit. twisted myself) with; the plan of the tortuous; anything tortuous and twisted
- Hithp. with the twisted thou dost deal tortuously
Where it occurs
- Genesis 30:8 — Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.
- 2 Samuel 22:27 — With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
- Psalms 18:27 — With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
- Proverbs 8:8 — All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
- Job 5:13 — He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.