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Num. 2:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then the tribe
matteh (Hebrew #4294)
from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
KJV usage: rod, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: mat-teh'
Origin: or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}
of Naphtali
Naphtaliy (Hebrew #5321)
my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Naphtali.
Pronounce: naf-taw-lee'
Origin: from 6617
: and the captain
nasiy' (Hebrew #5387)
from 5375; properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
KJV usage: captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
Pronounce: naw-see'
Origin: or nasi8 {naw-see'}
of the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Naphtali
Naphtaliy (Hebrew #5321)
my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Naphtali.
Pronounce: naf-taw-lee'
Origin: from 6617
shall be Ahira
'Achiyra` (Hebrew #299)
brother of wrong; Achira, an Israelite
KJV usage: Ahira.
Pronounce: akh-ee-rah'
Origin: from 251 and 7451
the son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Enan
`Eynan (Hebrew #5881)
having eyes; Enan, an Israelite
KJV usage: Enan. Compare 2704.
Pronounce: ay-nawn'
Origin: from 5869
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Ahira,
Captain,
Enan,
Naphtali,
Son,
Tribe

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the tribe.
Num. 1:42‑43• 42Of 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;
 43Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. (Num. 1:42‑43)
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Num. 26:48‑50• 48Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
 49Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
 50These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. (Num. 26:48‑50)
Ahira.
Num. 1:15• 15Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. (Num. 1:15)
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Num. 7:78,83• 78On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
 83And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. (Num. 7:78,83)
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Num. 10:27• 27And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. (Num. 10:27)
• The last one, Naphtali, means “wrestling,” “striving;” and we shall have that throughout the rest of our journey. Everything is against the child of God and against Christ. Always we shall know what it is to wrestle. The happiest Christian cannot do without his wrestling up to the end of his journey. (“Chapter 2.” by J.A. Taylor, of Worthing)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And with them shall be the tribe of Naphtali; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan;

W. Kelly Translation

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And with them shall be the tribe of Naphtali; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan;

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)