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 cities of fortification, Ziddim, Zur and Hammath, Rakkath and Cinneroth,


Naphtali a mighty shoot, giving fair words.


In the days of Pekah king of Israel, came Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, and he will take Ijon, and Abel of the house of oppression, and Janoah, and Kadesh and Hazer, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he will carry them captive to Assyria.

And she will send and call for Barak, son of Abinoam, from KadeshNaphtali; and she will say to him, Did not Jehovah the God of Israel command, Go, and draw into mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulon?

And the tribe of Naphtali: the chief for the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan.

And he sent messengers in all Manasseh; and he also will be called after him: and he sent messengers in Asher, and in Zebulon, and in Naphtali; and they will come up to meet them.

Naphtali drove not out the inhabitants of the House of the Sun, and the inhabitants of the House of Affliction; and he dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of the House of the Sun, and of the House of Response, they were to them for tribute.

And to Naphtali he said, Naphtali satisfied with acceptance, and filled with the blessing of Jehovah, he shall possess the sea and the south.

To the sons of Naphtali came forth the sixth lot, to the sons of Naphtali according to their families.


The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali;

Naphtali a mighty shoot, giving fair words.

And Rachel will say, The wrestlings of God I wrestled with my sister; also I was able. And she will call his name Naphtali.


Naphtali drove not out the inhabitants of the House of the Sun, and the inhabitants of the House of Affliction; and he dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of the House of the Sun, and of the House of Response, they were to them for tribute.

To the sons of Naphtali came forth the sixth lot, to the sons of Naphtali according to their families. And their bound will be from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb and Jabneel and Lakum; and its outgoings Jordan. And the bound turned back to the sea of Aznoth-Tabor, and came forth from thence to dukkok, and struck upon Zebulon from the south, and struck upon Asher from the sea, and upon Judah at Jordan from the rising of the sun. read more.
And the cities of fortification, Ziddim, Zur and Hammath, Rakkath and Cinneroth, And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, And Kadesh and Edrei and the Fountain of Hazor, And Iron, and Migdol-El, Ho-rem, and the Mouse of Affliction, and the House of the Sun; nineteen cities and their enclosures. This the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their enclosures.

And upon the bound of Asher from the side east even to the side of the sea, Naphtali, one.


And the son of Hadad will hear to king Asa, and he will send the chiefs of the forces which were to him against the cities of Israel, and he will strike Ijon and Dan, and the meadow of the House of Oppression, and all Cinneroth with all the land of Naphtali.

And the son of Hadad will hear to king Asa, and he will send chiefs of the armies which were with him against the cities of Israel; and they will strike Ijon and Dan and Abel-Maim, and all the stores of the cities of Naphtali.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, came Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, and he will take Ijon, and Abel of the house of oppression, and Janoah, and Kadesh and Hazer, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he will carry them captive to Assyria.


The flag of the camp of Dan, northward, according to their armies: and the chief for the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai. And his army, and they being reviewed, two and sixty thousand and seven hundred. And they encamping by him, the tribe of Asher: and the chief for the sons of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran. read more.
And his army, and they being reviewed, one and forty thousand and five hundred. And the tribe of Naphtali: the chief for the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan. And his army, and they being reviewed, three and fifty thousand and four hundred. All they being reviewed for the camp of Dan, a hundred thousand and seven and fifty thousand and six hundred: and they shall remove last according to their flags.

And the flag of the camp of the sons of Dan removed, bringing up the rear to all the camps according to their army: and over his army, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai. And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ocran. And over the army of the tribe of the sons is of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan.


The sons of Naphtali, their generations, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, according to the number of names, from the son of twenty years and above, all going forth to war They being reviewed for the tribe of Naphtali, three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

The sons of Naphtali according to their families: to Jahzeel, the families of the Jahzeelites; to Guni the families of the Gunites. To Jezer, the families of the Jezerites; to Shillem, the families of the Shillemites. These the families of Naphtali according to their reviewing; and their reviewing, five and forty 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, the sons of Bilhah.


Of the tribe of Aser twelve thousand sealed. Of the tribe of Nepthalim twelve thousand sealed. Of the tribe of Manasses twelve thousand sealed.

For the fainting not to what the straits to her according to the time of the first he made light the land of Zebulon and the land of Naphtali; and afterward he made heavy the way of the sea beyond Jordan of Galilee of the nations. The people going in darkness saw a great light: they dwelling in the land of the shadow of death, light shone upon them.


The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali;

And Bilhah, Rachel's maid will yet again conceive and bare a second son to Jacob. And Rachel will say, The wrestlings of God I wrestled with my sister; also I was able. And she will call his name Naphtali.


And she will send and call for Barak, son of Abinoam, from KadeshNaphtali; and she will say to him, Did not Jehovah the God of Israel command, Go, and draw into mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulon?

Zebulon a people reproached his soul to death, And Naphtali upon the heights of the field.

And Barak will cry out to Zebulon and Naphtali to Kadesh; and he will go up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah will go up with him.


And he sent messengers in all Manasseh; and he also will be called after him: and he sent messengers in Asher, and in Zebulon, and in Naphtali; and they will come up to meet them.

And a man of Israel will be called from Naphtali, and from Asher, and from Manasseh, and they will pursue after Midian.


And also those being near to them, even to Issachar, and Zebulon, and Naphtali, bringing bread upon asses and upon camels, and upon mules, and upon oxen; food of flour, round cakes, and dried grapes, and wine and oil, and oxen and sheep for multitude: for joy in Israel.

And from Naphtali a thousand chiefs, and with them with shield and spear, thirty and seven thousand.


Naphtali a mighty shoot, giving fair words.


Then little Benjamin in a deep sleep, the chiefs of Judah their throng, the chiefs of Zebulon, the chiefs of Naphtali.


And to Naphtali he said, Naphtali satisfied with acceptance, and filled with the blessing of Jehovah, he shall possess the sea and the south.


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