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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.
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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 Box Gen 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16 - And Laban hath two daughters, the name of the elder is Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:17 - and the eyes of Leah are tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:23 - And it cometh to pass in the evening, that he taketh Leah, his daughter, and bringeth her in unto him, and he goeth in unto her;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - And it cometh to pass in the morning, that lo, it is Leah; and he saith unto Laban, 'What is this thou hast done to me? for Rachel have I not served with thee? and why hast thou deceived me?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - And Jehovah seeth that Leah is the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel is barren;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, 'Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - and Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:11 - and Leah saith, 'A troop is coming;' and she calleth his name Gad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - And Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:13 - and Leah saith, 'Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, 'Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, 'Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son's love-apples;' and he lieth with her during that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17 - And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - and Leah saith, 'God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:19 - And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20 - and Leah saith, 'God hath endowed me -- a good dowry; this time doth my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons;' and she calleth his name Zebulun;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4 - And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14 - And Rachel answereth -- Leah also -- and saith to him, 'Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - And Jacob lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divideth the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7 - and Leah also draweth nigh, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterwards Joseph hath drawn nigh with Rachel, and they bow themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:1 - And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - And sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These are sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15 - These are sons of Leah whom she bare to Jacob in Padan-Aram, and Dinah his daughter; all the persons of his sons and his daughters are thirty and three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These are sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she beareth these to Jacob -- sixteen persons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people who are in the gate say -- also the elders -- 'Witnesses! Jehovah make the woman who is coming in unto thy house as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and do thou virtuously in Ephrathah, and proclaim the Name in Beth-Lehem;
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