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Lexicon :: Strong's H3812 - lē'â

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לֵאָה
Transliteration
lē'â
Pronunciation
lay-aw'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

לֵאָה Lêʼâh, lay-aw'; from H3811; weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob:—Leah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H3812 in the following manner: Leah (34x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H3812 in the following manner: Leah (34x).

  1. Leah = "weary"

    1. daughter of Laban, first wife of Jacob, and mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֵאָה Lêʼâh, lay-aw'; from H3811; weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob:—Leah.
STRONGS H3812: Abbreviations
לֵאָה 34 proper name, feminine Leah, elder daughter of Laban, and wife of Jacob (perhaps = wild-cow, Arabic bdb052108, (bdb052109) [compare רָחֵל ewe], DlProl. 80 RSK 219 and (doubtfully) NöZMG xl. 1886, 167; also GrayHeb. Names, 96; others as HptGGN 1883, 100 compare Assyrian li'at, in sense mistress; on possibly relation of לֵאָה to לִוֵי see לִוֵי); — mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah; Genesis 29:16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32 (compare Genesis 29:33; Genesis 29:34; Genesis 29:35) Genesis 30:9 + 15 times Genesis 31:32; Genesis 33:1, 2, 7; Genesis 34:1; Genesis 35:23, 26; Genesis 46:15, 18; Genesis 49:31; Ruth 4:11; Greek Version of the LXX Λ(ε)ια.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:16; 29:17; 29:23; 29:24; 29:25; 29:30; 29:31; 29:32; 29:33; 29:34; 29:35; 30:9; 31:32; 33:1; 33:2; 33:7; 34:1; 35:23; 35:26; 46:15; 46:18; 49:31

Ruth

4:11

H3812

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3812 matches the Hebrew לֵאָה (lē'â),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16 - Now Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lea, and the name of the younger, Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:17 - And the eyes of Lea were weak. But Rachel was beautiful in appearance, and exceedingly fair in countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:23 - And it was even, and he took his daughter Lea, and brought her in to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - And Laban gave to his daughter Lea, Zelpha his handmaid, as a handmaid for her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - And it was morning, and behold it was Lea; and Jacob said to Laban, What is this that thou hast done to me? did I not serve thee for Rachel? and wherefore hast thou deceived me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Lea; and he served him seven other years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - And when the Lord God saw that Lea was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - And Lea conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name, Ruben; saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - And Lea saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zelpha her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:11 - And Lea said, It is happily: and she called his name, Gad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:13 - And Lea said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Aser.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - And Ruben went in the day of barley-harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Lea; and Rachel said to Lea her sister, Give me of thy son's mandrakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Lea went forth to meet him, and said, Thou shalt come in to me this day, for I have hired thee for my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17 - And God hearkened to Lea, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - And Lea said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:19 - And Lea conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20 - And Lea said, God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she called his name, Zabulon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4 - And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14 - And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - And Laban went in and searched in the house of Lea, and found them not; and he went out of the house of Lea, and searched in the house of Jacob, and in the house of the two maid-servants, and found them not; and he went also into the house of Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - And Jacob [fn]lifted up his eyes, and beheld, and lo! Esau his brother coming, and four hundred men with him; and Jacob divided the children to Lea and to Rachel, and the two handmaidens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - And he put the two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7 - And Lea and her children drew near and did reverence; and after this drew near Rachel and Joseph, and did reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:1 - And Dina, the daughter of Lea, whom she bore to Jacob, went forth to observe the daughters of the inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Lea, the first-born of Jacob; Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - And the sons of Zelpha, the hand-maid of Lea; Gad and Aser. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15 - These are the sons of Lea, which she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dina his daughter; all the souls, sons and daughters, thirty-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These are the sons of Zelpha, which Laban gave to his daughter Lea, who bore these to Jacob, sixteen souls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:31 - There they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife; there they buried Isaac, and Rebecca his wife; there they buried Lea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people who were in the gate said, We are witnesses: and the elders said, The Lord make thy wife who goes into thy house, as Rachel and as Lia, who both together built the house of Israel, and wrought mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name to thee in Bethleem.
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