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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Wrestle.

Strong's Hebrew

79. abaq -- to wrestle
... 78, 79. abaq. 80 . to wrestle. Transliteration: abaq Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-bak') Short Definition: wrestled. Word Origin from an ...
/hebrew/79.htm - 6k

8280. sarah -- to persist, exert oneself, persevere
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to persist, exert oneself, persevere NASB Word
Usage contended (1), striven (1), wrestled (1). have power as a prince. ...
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5319. naphtulim -- wrestlings
... wrestling. From pathal; properly, wrestled; but ued (in the plural) transitively,
a struggle -- wrestling. see HEBREW pathal. 5318, 5319. naphtulim. 5320 . ...
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6617. pathal -- to twist
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to twist NASB Word Usage crooked (1),
cunning (1), show yourself astute (2), wrestled (1). show ...
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Library

St. Perpetua Seemed to Herself, in Some Dreams, to have Been ...
... Book IV. Chapter 26 [XVIII.]"St. Perpetua Seemed to Herself, in Some Dreams, to
Have Been Turned into a Man, and Then Have Wrestled with a Certain Egyptian. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 26 xviii st perpetua seemed.htm

A New Forest Ballad
... They wrestled up, they wrestled down, They wrestled still and sore; Beneath
their feet the myrtle sweet Was stamped to mud and gore. ...
/.../kingsley/andromeda and other poems/a new forest ballad.htm

Argument. --That God Also Appeared to Jacob as an Angel; Namely ...
... truth of His substance. "For," it says, "Jacob remained alone; and there
wrestled with him a man even till daybreak. And He saw ...
/.../chapter xix argument that god also.htm

Gen. xxxi. 11
... ip128 ff.), he who wrestled with Jacob is called Elohim, as in Genesis; but in
ver.5, he is called [Hebrew: mlaK], a word which is more distinctly defined by ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/gen xxxi 11.htm

Jacob --Israel --Jeshurun
... In conscious weakness, and in the confidence of self-despair, he wrestled with the
mysterious Visitant in the only fashion in which He can be wrestled with. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/jacobisraeljeshurun.htm

The Same is Proved from the visions which Appeared to Jacob.
... But Jacob was left behind alone, and an Angel [2153] wrestled with him until
morning. And He saw that He is not prevailing against ...
/.../chapter lviii the same is proved.htm

Who the Instructor Is, and Respecting his Instruction.
... go; and I will bring thee back into this land: for I will not leave thee till I
do what I have told thee." [1149] He is said, too, to have wrestled with Him. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter vii who the instructor is.htm

Ebenezer!
... The God that spoke to Abraham at Mamre, hath he never spoken to you? The angel that
wrestled with Jacob at Peniel, hath he never wrestled with you? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/ebenezer.htm

The Armour of God
... St. Paul would use spiritual force"the persuasion of preaching. The Roman
soldier wrestled against flesh and blood: St. Paul wrestled ...
/.../kingsley/discipline and other sermons/sermon xi the armour of god.htm

The Various Names of Christ According to Both Natures it is Shown ...
... Jacob, being their God; and my name I revealed not to them, and I established my
covenant with them.' [2440] And thus again he says, A man wrestled with Jacob ...
/.../chapter cxxvi the various names of.htm

Thesaurus

Wrestled (6 Occurrences)
...Wrestled (6 Occurrences). Genesis 30:8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have
I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali. ...
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Wrestle
... See GAMES. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vt) To contend, by grappling with, and
striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully. ...
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Prevailed (46 Occurrences)
... Genesis 30:8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my
sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali. (WEB ...
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Naphtali (51 Occurrences)
... 7). At his birth Rachel is said to have exclaimed, naphtule 'Elohim niphtalti,
"wrestlings of God"-ie "mighty wrestlings"-"have I wrestled." 2. Circumstances ...
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Napthali (1 Occurrence)
... Genesis 30:8 and Rachel saith, 'With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister,
yea, I have prevailed;' and she calleth his name Napthali. (YLT). ...
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Naph'tali (47 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Genesis 30:8 And Rachel said: 'With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled
with my sister, and have prevailed.' And she called his name Naphtali. ...
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Jacob (361 Occurrences)
... in communion with God. While thus engaged, there appeared one in the form
of a man who wrestled with him. In this mysterious contest ...
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Joint (12 Occurrences)
... And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his
thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him ...
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Wrestlings (1 Occurrence)
... Wrestlings (1 Occurrence). Genesis 30:8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have
I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali. ...
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Won (24 Occurrences)
... Genesis 30:8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister,
and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali. (See NIV). ...
/w/won.htm - 13k

Bible Concordance

Wrestled (6 Occurrences)

Genesis 30:8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 32:24 Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 32:25 When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.
(DBY)

Hosea 12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.
(DBY)

Hosea 12:4 Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
(DBY NAS)

Subtopics

Wrestled

Related Terms

Wrestle

Prevailed (46 Occurrences)

Naphtali (51 Occurrences)

Napthali (1 Occurrence)

Naph'tali (47 Occurrences)

Jacob (361 Occurrences)

Joint (12 Occurrences)

Wrestlings (1 Occurrence)

Won (24 Occurrences)