naphtali

noun

1. the sixth son of Jacob and Bilhah. Gen. 30:7,8.
2. one of the 12 tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Naphtali.

noun Old Testament

1. Jacob’s sixth son, whose mother was Rachel’s handmaid (Genesis 30:7–8)
2. the tribe descended from him
3. the territory of this tribe, between the Sea of Galilee and the mountains of central Galilee