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Lexicon :: Strong's H2153 - zilpâ

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זִלְפָּה
Transliteration
zilpâ
Pronunciation
zil-paw
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root apparently mean to trickle, as myrrh
Strong’s Definitions

זִלְפָּה Zilpâh, zil-paw; from an unused root apparently meaning to trickle, as myrrh; fragrant dropping; Zilpah, Leah's maid:—Zilpah.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2153 in the following manner: Zilpah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2153 in the following manner: Zilpah.
  1. Zilpah = "a trickling"

    1. the Syrian given by Laban to Leah as a handmaid, a concubine of Jacob, mother of Asher and Gad

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זִלְפָּה Zilpâh, zil-paw; from an unused root apparently meaning to trickle, as myrrh; fragrant dropping; Zilpah, Leah's maid:—Zilpah.
STRONGS H2153: Abbreviations
זִלְפָּה proper name, feminine Leah's maid, one of Jacob's wives, mother of Gad and Asher Genesis 29:24; Genesis 30:9, 10, 12 (all J), Genesis 35:26; Genesis 37:2; Genesis 46:18 (all P).
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H2153

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Strong's Number H2153 matches the Hebrew זִלְפָּה (zilpâ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - (Laban gave[fn] his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - Then Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons.
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