נַפְתָּלִיNaphtâlîy
proper name, masculine [also of a tribe]: Naphtali
Pronunciation: naf-taw-lee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5321
Meanings
1. second son of Jacob and Bilhah (Genesis 30:8; Genesis 35:25; Genesis 46:24)
2. as a tribe of Israel
b. as territorial name (Deuteronomy 34:2; 1 Kings 4:15; 1 Chronicles 12:41)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 51 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 30:8 Rachel named him Naphtali, for she said, “I have struggled hard with my sister, and I’m winning!”
- Genesis 35:25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
- Genesis 46:24 The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
- Genesis 49:21 “Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
- Exodus 1:4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- Numbers 1:15 Naphtali Ahira son of Enan
See every passage
- Genesis 30:8, 35:25, 46:24, 49:21
- Exodus 1:4
- Numbers 1:15, 1:42, 1:43, 2:29, 7:78, 10:27, 13:14, 26:48, 26:50, 34:28
- Deuteronomy 27:13, 33:23, 34:2
- Joshua 19:32, 19:39, 20:7, 21:6, 21:32
- Judges 1:33, 4:6, 4:10, 5:18, 6:35, 7:23
- 1 Kings 4:15, 7:14, 15:20
- 2 Kings 15:29
- 1 Chronicles 2:2, 6:62, 6:76, 7:13, 12:34, 12:40, 27:19
- 2 Chronicles 16:4, 34:6
- Psalms 68:27
- Isaiah 9:1
- Ezekiel 48:3, 48:4, 48:34
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).