Quick Definition
to twist
Strong's Definition
to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.
TWOT Reference: 1857
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פָּתַל (pa.tal) — to twist. 1) to twist 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be twisted 1a2) to wrestle 1b) (Hithpael) to be twisted
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · נַפְתּוּלִים · פָּתִיל · נַפְתָּלִי
Conflict | verb nif
Collocation: פתל נַפְתּוּלִים
to struggle, to fight literally: to wrestle; hence: = action by which humans are in a fierce competition with other humans and make a huge effort to prevail over the other
verb · פְּתַלְתֹּל
Evil | verb nif ptc.act | ≈ חָכָם
wily, cunning, deceitful = state in which humans are intent on outwitting, tricking, or deceiving other humans
Evil | verb hit
to treat (someone) according to (his own) crookedness = action by which deities act like humans that are intent on outwitting, tricking, and deceiving other humans
Unfaithful | verb nif ptc.act | ≈ עִקֵּשׁ | ≠ צֶדֶק
Collocation: פתל
false, deceitful, misleading = process of being done with the intention to outwit, trick, or deceive other people; ≈ can have both a positive and a negative sense
1 GEN 30:8 RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV GNT CEV = [1] | REB "I have devised a fine trick against my sister" = [2] 2 2SA 22:27 MT תִּתָּפָּל = תפל
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[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
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