6617 - pathal

Strong's Concordance

Original word: פָּתַל
Transliteration: pathal
Definition (short): astute
Definition (full): to twine, to struggle, be, tortuous

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to twist
NASB Translation: crooked (1), cunning (1), show yourself astute (2), wrestled (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous -- (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.

References

Strong's 6617: 5 Occurrences
KJV: And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
NASB: So Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed." And she named him Naphtali.
KJV: With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
NASB: With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.
KJV: He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
NASB: "He captures the wise by their own shrewdness, And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.
KJV: With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
NASB: With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
KJV: All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
NASB: "All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.