Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H6617
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- pathal
- Pronunciation
- paw-thal'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H6617
- Brief meaning
- To twine, i.e. to struggle or be (morally) tortuous
- Source renderings
- (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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06617\ 6617 pathal paw-thal' a primitive root; to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous:--(shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.