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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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Genesis

29:24; 30:9; 30:10; 30:12; 35:26; 37:2; 46:18

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - (Laban had given Leah a servant, Zilpah, to be her maid.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - Meanwhile, Leah realized that she wasn’t getting pregnant anymore, so she took her servant, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - Soon Zilpah presented him with a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - Then Zilpah gave Jacob a second son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher. These are the names of the sons who were born to Jacob at Paddan-aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - This is the account of Jacob and his family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father’s flocks. He worked for his half brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah. But Joseph reported to his father some of the bad things his brothers were doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These were the sons of Zilpah, the servant given to Leah by her father, Laban. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Zilpah was sixteen.
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