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Lexicon :: Strong's H3206 - yeleḏ

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יֶלֶד
Transliteration
yeleḏ
Pronunciation
yeh'-led
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 867b

Strong’s Definitions

יֶלֶד yeled, yeh'-led; from H3205; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring:—boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 89x

The KJV translates Strong's H3206 in the following manner: child (72x), young man (7x), young ones (3x), sons (3x), boy (2x), fruit (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 89x
The KJV translates Strong's H3206 in the following manner: child (72x), young man (7x), young ones (3x), sons (3x), boy (2x), fruit (1x), variant (1x).

  1. child, son, boy, offspring, youth

    1. child, son, boy

    2. child, children

    3. descendants

    4. youth

    5. apostate Israelites (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֶלֶד yeled, yeh'-led; from H3205; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring:—boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).
STRONGS H3206: Abbreviations
† יֶ֫לֶד 89 noun masculineGenesis 21:8 child, son, boy, youth; — יֶּ֫לֶד absolute Genesis 4:23 +; construct Jeremiah 31:20; יָ֫לֶד Genesis 21:16 +; plural יְלָדִים Genesis 33:1 +; construct יַלְדֵי Exodus 2:6 + 2 times; יִלְדֵיֿ Isaiah 57:4; suffix יְלָדַי Genesis 30:26; 2 Kings 4:1; יַלְדֵיהֶם Job 21:11; יַלְדֵיהֶן Genesis 33:2 + 4 times, etc.; —
a. child = son, boy, Genesis 21:8, 14, 15, 16; Genesis 37:30; Genesis 42:32 (all E), Genesis 32:23 (Dinah not included), compare Genesis 30:26; Genesis 33:1, 2(twice in verse); Genesis 33:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 33:6, 7, 13; Genesis 37:14; Genesis 44:20 (all J); Exodus 1:17, 18 (|| בֵּן Exodus 1:16), Exodus 2:3, 6 (twice in verse); Exodus 2:7, 8, 9 (twice in verse); Exodus 2:10 (all E), Exodus 21:4 (E; app. = sons + daughters, but || בָּנָי֫ Exodus 21:5); plural = offspring Exodus 21:24 (E; Hexateuch, only Genesis & Exodus, J E); also Ruth 1:5; Ruth 4:16; 2 Samuel 12:15, 18 (4 times in verse); 2 Samuel 12:19 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 12:21 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 12:22 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 3:25 (compare 1 Kings 3:20), 1 Kings 14:12; 1 Kings 17:21 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 17:22, 23; 2 Kings 4:1 (compare 2 Kings 4:5) 2 Kings 4:18; 2 Kings 4:26; 2 Kings 4:34; 2 Kings 4:34; Isaiah 8:18; Isaiah 9:5 (|| בֵּן), Joel 3:3 [Joel 4:3] (opposed to יַלְדָּה), Zechariah 8:5 (id.); of young of raven Job 38:41; of wild goats and hinds Job 39:3; of cow and bear Isaiah 11:7.
b. (little) child, children 1 Samuel 1:2 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 6:23; Ezra 10:1; Nehemiah 12:43; Job 21:11 (|| עֲוִילִים), Hosea 1:2; Lamentations 4:10; Isaiah 57:5.
c. descendants Isaiah 29:23, יַלְדֵי נכרים (compare בֵּן) Isaiah 2:6.
d. youth Genesis 4:23 (J), 1 Kings 12:8, 10, 14 2 Chronicles 10:8; 10:10; 10:14; Daniel 1:4; Daniel 1:10; Daniel 1:13; Daniel 1:15; Daniel 1:17 compare 2 Kings 2:24 (|| נְעָרִים קְטַנִּים 2 Kings 2:23), Ecclesiastes 4:13, 15.
e. figurative of apostate Israelites יִלְדֵיפֶֿשַׁע Isaiah 57:4 (|| זֶרַע שָׁ֑קֶר); compare, in good sense, ילד שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים Jeremiah 31:20 of Ephraim (|| בֵּן יַקִּיר).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:23; 4:23; 21:8; 21:8; 21:14; 21:15; 21:16; 21:16; 30:26; 30:26; 32:23; 33:1; 33:1; 33:2; 33:2; 33:5; 33:6; 33:7; 33:13; 37:14; 37:30; 42:32; 44:20

Exodus

1:16; 1:17; 1:18; 2:3; 2:6; 2:6; 2:7; 2:8; 2:9; 2:10; 21:4; 21:5; 21:24

Ruth

1:5; 4:16

1 Samuel

1:2

2 Samuel

6:23; 12:15; 12:18; 12:19; 12:21; 12:22

1 Kings

3:20; 3:25; 12:8; 12:10; 12:14; 14:12; 17:21; 17:22; 17:23

2 Kings

2:23; 2:24; 4:1; 4:1; 4:5; 4:18; 4:26; 4:34; 4:34

2 Chronicles

10:8; 10:10; 10:14

Ezra

10:1

Nehemiah

12:43

Job

21:11; 21:11; 38:41; 39:3

Ecclesiastes

4:13; 4:15

Isaiah

2:6; 8:18; 9:5; 11:7; 29:23; 57:4; 57:4; 57:5

Jeremiah

31:20; 31:20

Lamentations

4:10

Daniel

1:4; 1:10; 1:13; 1:15; 1:17

Hosea

1:2

Joel

3:3

Zechariah

8:5

H3206

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3206 matches the Hebrew יֶלֶד (yeleḏ),
which occurs 19 times in 17 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23 - One day Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
listen to me, you wives of Lamech.
I have killed a man who attacked me,
a young man who wounded me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8 - When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar’s shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:15 - When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards[fn] away. “I don’t want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:26 - Let me take my wives and children, for I have earned them by serving you, and let me be on my way. You certainly know how hard I have worked for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two servant wives, and his eleven sons and crossed the Jabbok River with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - Then Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming with his 400 men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and his two servant wives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - He put the servant wives and their children at the front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:5 - Then Esau looked at the women and children and asked, “Who are these people with you?”
“These are the children God has graciously given to me, your servant,” Jacob replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6 - Then the servant wives came forward with their children and bowed before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7 - Next came Leah with her children, and they bowed before him. Finally, Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:13 - But Jacob replied, “You can see, my lord, that some of the children are very young, and the flocks and herds have their young, too. If they are driven too hard, even for one day, all the animals could die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Please, my lord, go ahead of your servant. We will follow slowly, at a pace that is comfortable for the livestock and the children. I will meet you at Seir.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:30 - Then he went back to his brothers and lamented, “The boy is gone! What will I do now?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy?” Reuben asked. “But you wouldn’t listen. And now we have to answer for his blood!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we responded, ‘Yes, my lord, we have a father who is an old man, and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him very much.’
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