Patal פָּתַל

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Patal (Hebrew פָּתַל, Strong's H6617) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to twist”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to twist
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be twisted
1a2) to wrestle
1b) (Hithpael) to be twisted

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	froward (3), wrestled (1), unsavoury (1)
BSB	you show yourself shrewd (2), i have wrestled (1), cunning (1), are crooked (1)

Every verse with Patal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

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.Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

2 Samuel 22:27
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

Job 5:13
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Psalm 18:26
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

Proverbs 8:8
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).