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Lexicon :: Strong's H1090 - bilhâ

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בִּלְהָה
Transliteration
bilhâ
Pronunciation
bil-haw'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

בִּלְהָה Bilhâh, bil-haw'; from H1089; timid; Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine:—Bilhah.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H1090 in the following manner: Bilhah (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H1090 in the following manner: Bilhah (11x).
  1. Bilhah = "troubled"

    proper feminine noun
    1. Rachel's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob's children, Dan and Naphtali

      proper locative noun
    2. a city in Simeon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּלְהָה Bilhâh, bil-haw'; from H1089; timid; Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine:—Bilhah.
STRONGS H1090: Abbreviations
† I. בִּלְהָה proper name, feminine (etymology dubious) handmaid of Rachel, concubine of Jacob Genesis 29:29; Genesis 30:3, 4, 5, 7; Genesis 35:22, 25 (sons Dan & Naphtali) Genesis 37:2 (probably gloss, Ol) Genesis 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13.

† II. בִּלהָה proper name, of a location a city of Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:29, probably = בַּעֲלָה Joshua 15:29, בָּלָה Joshua 19:3 compare Di; site dubious.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:29; 30:3; 30:4; 30:5; 30:7; 35:22; 35:25; 37:2; 46:25

Joshua

15:29; 19:3

1 Chronicles

4:29; 7:13

H1090

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1090 matches the Hebrew בִּלְהָה (bilhâ),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29 - Laban also gave Bilhah his maid to his daughter Rachel as a maid.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - She said, “Here, take my maid Bilhah and go in to her; and [when the baby comes] she shall [fn]deliver it [while sitting] on my knees, so that by her I may also have children [to count as my own].”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - So she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [[fn]secondary] wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:5 - Bilhah conceived and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived again and gave birth to a second son for Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 -

While Israel was living in that land, Reuben [his eldest son] went and lay with Bilhah his father’s [fn]concubine, and Israel heard about it.

Now Jacob had twelve sons—

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25 - and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the generations of Jacob.

Joseph, when he was seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers [Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher]; the boy was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s [[fn]secondary] wives; and Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25 - These are the sons of Bilhah, [the maid] whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter [when she married Jacob]. And she bore these to Jacob; [there were] seven persons in all [two sons and five grandchildren].
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:29 - Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:13 -

The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

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