Naphtali in the Bible

Meaning: that struggles or fightspar

Exact Match

And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsPeople OvercomingWrestlingPeople With Apt Names

And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant: Dan and Naphtali.

Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousand

Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:

Verse ConceptsDay 12

And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

The sons of Naphtali according to their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

These are the families of Naphtali according to their families, by their numbered ones, forty-five thousand, four hundred.

Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And Up

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, God'sGrace, In OtPlenty Through GodBlessed By Godlakes

And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,

The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One SixthSixth

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

Verse ConceptsHills

And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

Verse ConceptsThree Cities

Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

Verse ConceptsLiving TogetherForced Labour

And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

Verse ConceptsDeborahTens Of Thousands

And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

Verse ConceptsFighting TogetherTens Of Thousands

Your chiefs, Issachar, were with Deborah; and Naphtali was true to Barak; into the valley they went rushing out at his feet. In Reuben there were divisions, and great searchings of heart.

Verse ConceptsPrincesRank

Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

Verse ConceptsCourage, Examples OfLife DespisedRisking

And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

Verse ConceptsMessenger

And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.

Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon for a wife:

Verse ConceptsNamed Wives

He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.

Verse ConceptsBrassActual Widowscraftsmanship

Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking Israel

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser the king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-Beth-Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, the Gilead, the Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali; then he deported them to Assyria.

Verse ConceptsExile, in assyriaArmies, Against IsraelExile Of Israel To AssyriaCapturing CitiesList Of Kings Of Israel

To the Gershomites according to their clans thirteen cities [were allotted] out of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

And out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.

The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the {descendants} of Bilhah.

From Naphtali: one thousand commanders; and [those] with them with shield and spear: thirty-seven thousand.

Verse ConceptsA Thousand PeopleThirty Thousand And Up

And also their relatives, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, on camels, on mules, and on oxen--provisions of flour, cakes of figs, raisin cakes, wine and oil, cattle and sheep in abundance, for [there was] great joy in Israel.

Verse ConceptsMulesFruitFoodFig treeRaisinsOilSheepWine

for Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah;
for Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel;

Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies to the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsStoring

And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about.

There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsPrincesMinoritiesThe Youngest Child

But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time hath he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

Verse ConceptsHumilityComing Out Of DarknessDespair

And by the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, a portion for Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsEast And Westborders

And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Manasseh.

Verse ConceptsEast And West

And the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates: one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsCity GatesWest SidesMeasuring Jerusalem And The LandThree Parts Of Constructions

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And, the fortified cities, are, - Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth,


Naphtali, is a slender hind, - That putteth forth antlers of beauty. A fruitful bough, is Joseph,


In the days of Pekah king of Israel, came Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali - and carried them away captive to Assyria.

And she sent and called for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kadesh-naphtali, - and said unto him - Hath not Yahweh God of Israel, commanded, - Come and draw towards Mount Tabor, and bring with thee - ten thousand men, of the sons of Naphtali, and of the sons of Zebulun;

Then the tribe of Naphtali, - even the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan;

Messengers also, sent he throughout all Manasseh, and, they also, were gathered after him, - messengers also, sent he throughout Asher, and throughout Zebulun, and throughout Naphtali, and they came up to meet them.

Naphtali, dispossessed not the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but they dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, - and, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, and of Beth-anath, became theirs, under tribute.

And, of Naphtali, he said, O Naphtali! satisfied with favour, And full with the blessing of Yahweh, - The west and the sunny south, do thou possess.

For the sons of Naphtali, came out the sixth lot, - for the sons of Naphtali, by their families.


And the sons of Bilhah, handmaid of Rachel, Dan, and Naphtali:

Naphtali, is a slender hind, - That putteth forth antlers of beauty. A fruitful bough, is Joseph,

Then said Rachel With wrestlings of God, have I wrestled with my sister Yea I have prevailed. So she called his name, Naphtali.


Naphtali, dispossessed not the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but they dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, - and, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, and of Beth-anath, became theirs, under tribute.

For the sons of Naphtali, came out the sixth lot, - for the sons of Naphtali, by their families. And their boundary was from Heleph, from the terebinth of Bezaannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; and so the extensions thereof were to the Jordan; and the boundary turneth westward, to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence, toward Hukkok, - and toucheth Zebulun on the south, and, Asher, it toucheth on the west, and Judah, at the Jordan towards sunrise. read more.
And, the fortified cities, are, - Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth, and Adamah and Ramah, and Hazor, and Kedesh and Edrei, and En-hazor, and Iron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh, - nineteen cities, with their villages. This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, by their families, - the cities, with their villages.

And on the boundary of Asher from the east side even unto the west side,- Naphtali one.


So Ben-hadad hearkened unto King Asa, and sent the generals of the forces which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote Iyyohn Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, - and all Chinneroth, against all the land of Naphtali.

And Ben-hadad hearkened unto King Asa, and sent the chieftains of the forces which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon and Dan, and Abel-maim, - and all the storehouses of the cities of Naphtali.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, came Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali - and carried them away captive to Assyria.


the standard of the camp of Dan, north-wards by their hosts, even the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai: and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - sixty-two thou-sand and seven hundred. Then they who encamp by him the tribe of Asher, - even the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran; read more.
and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - forty-one thousand and five hundred. Then the tribe of Naphtali, - even the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan; and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - fifty-three thousand and four hundred, All they who are numbered to the camp of Dan, a hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred, in the hindmost rank, shall they set forward, by their standards.

Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, bringing up the rear of all the camps, by their hosts, - and over his own host, Ahiezur, son of Ammishaddai; and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran; and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan.


The sons of Naphtali, in their pedigrees by their families by their ancestral houses, - in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Naphtali, fifty-three thousand, and four hundred.

The sons of Naphtali, by their families, To Jahzeel, pertained the family of the Jahzeelites; To Guni, the family of the Gunites: To Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; To Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. These are the families of Naphtali, by their families, - and they who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand and four hundred.


And the sons of Naphtali, - Jahzeel and Guni, and Jezer and Shillem.

the sons of Naphtali, Jahziel and Guni, and Jezer and Shallum, sons of Bilhah.


Of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand,

For there is no gloom to her who had been in anguish, In the former time, he brought into dishonour The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, In the latter time, hath he brought into honour The Lake-way over the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. the people who were walking in darkness, Have seen a great light, - The dwellers in a land death-shadowed, A light, hath shined upon them.


And the sons of Bilhah, handmaid of Rachel, Dan, and Naphtali:

And Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare a second son to Jacob. Then said Rachel With wrestlings of God, have I wrestled with my sister Yea I have prevailed. So she called his name, Naphtali.


And she sent and called for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kadesh-naphtali, - and said unto him - Hath not Yahweh God of Israel, commanded, - Come and draw towards Mount Tabor, and bring with thee - ten thousand men, of the sons of Naphtali, and of the sons of Zebulun;

Zebulun - a people that scorned their souls unto death; and, Naphtali, - upon the heights of the field.

And Barak called together Zebulun and Naphtali, towards Kadesh, and there went up at his feet - ten thousand men, - and Deborah, went up with him.


Messengers also, sent he throughout all Manasseh, and, they also, were gathered after him, - messengers also, sent he throughout Asher, and throughout Zebulun, and throughout Naphtali, and they came up to meet them.

And the men of Israel were called together, out of Naphtali and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, - and pursued Midian.


Moreover also, they who were near of kin unto them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing bread, on asses and on camels and on mules and on oxen, meal-food, cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep - in abundance, - for there was joy Israel.

And, of Naphtali, a thousand captains, - and, with them, with shield and spear, thirty-seven thousand.


Naphtali, is a slender hind, - That putteth forth antlers of beauty. A fruitful bough, is Joseph,


There, is Benjamin, the Diminutive - ruling them, The princes of Judah - their throng, The princes of Zebulun, The princes of Naphtali.


And, of Naphtali, he said, O Naphtali! satisfied with favour, And full with the blessing of Yahweh, - The west and the sunny south, do thou possess.


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