Naphtali: meaning of the name

Naphtali in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Naphtali in the Bible

• Naphtali, son of Israel

  49 verses · first mentioned in Genesis 30:8 · Tribe of Naphtali

Naphtali in Scripture

“Naphtali” appears in 47 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• 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.

• Genesis 35:25

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

• Genesis 46:24

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

• Genesis 49:21

  Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

• Exodus 1:4

  Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

• Numbers 1:15

  Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

• Numbers 1:42

  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;

• Numbers 1:43

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