# פָּתַל (patal)

Israeli respelling: pa-tal. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6617. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous

King James renderings: (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/patal-h6617

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 30:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/8) — And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
- [2 Samuel 22:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/27) — With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
- [Job 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/13) — He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
- [Psalms 18:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/26) — With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
- [Proverbs 8:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/8/8) — All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.