Lexical Summary Nephthaleim: Naphtali, a tribe of Isr Original Word: ΝεφθαλείμTransliteration: Nephthaleim Phonetic Spelling: (nef-thal-ime') Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Naphtali, a tribe of Isr Meaning: Naphtali -- a tribe of Israel Strong's Concordance NaphtaliOf Hebrew origin (Naphtaliy); Nephthaleim (i.e. Naphthali), a tribe in Palestine -- Nephthalim. see HEBREW Naphtaliy Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3508: ΝεφθαλείμΝεφθαλείμ (and (so T editions 2, 7, WH in Revelation 7:6) Νεφθαλίμ; see WH's Appendix, p. 155, and under the word Iota), ὁ (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. |
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