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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - (Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:17 - Leah's eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:23 - In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had marital relations with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - (Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, "What in the world have you done to me! Didn't I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - Jacob had marital relations with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban for seven more years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - Soon Leah's servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:11 - Leah said, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - Then Leah's servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:13 - Leah said, "How happy I am, for women will call me happy!" So she named him Asher.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Give me some of your son's mandrakes."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son's mandrakes." So he had marital relations with her that night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17 - God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - Then Leah said, "God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife." So she named him Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:19 - Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20 - Then Leah said, "God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4 - So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14 - Then Rachel and Leah replied to him, "Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father's house?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - So Laban entered Jacob's tent, and Leah's tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah's tent and entered Rachel's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - Jacob looked up and saw that Esau was coming along with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7 - Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:1 - Now Dinah, Leah's daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15 - These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with Dinah his daughter. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:31 - There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.
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