Bible Names

Nephthalim: meaning of the name

Nephthalim means “same as Naphtali.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Nephthalim in Hebrew and Greek

Νεφθαλείμ G3508

Nephthaleím — Nephthaleim (i.e. Naphthali), a tribe in Palestine

of Hebrew origin (H05321);

Nephthalim in Scripture

“Nephthalim” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Matthew 4:13

    And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

  • Matthew 4:15

    The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;