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Lexicon :: Strong's H6370 - pîleḡeš

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פִּילֶגֶשׁ
Transliteration
pîleḡeš
Pronunciation
pee-leh'-ghesh
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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TWOT Reference: 1770

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: פילגש (Strongs and Gesenius) פלגש (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

פִּילֶגֶשׁ pîylegesh, pee-leh'-ghesh; or פִּלֶגֶשׁ pilegesh; of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour:—concubine, paramour.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H6370 in the following manner: concubine (35x), concubine (with H802) (1x), paramours (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H6370 in the following manner: concubine (35x), concubine (with H802) (1x), paramours (1x).

  1. concubine, paramour

    1. concubine

    2. paramour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פִּילֶגֶשׁ pîylegesh, pee-leh'-ghesh; or פִּלֶגֶשׁ pilegesh; of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour:—concubine, paramour.
STRONGS H6370: Abbreviations
פִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ, פִּילֶ֫גֶשׁ 37 noun feminine concubine (Late Hebrew id.; TargumJ פִּילַּקְתָּא (פַּלְקְתָא), perhaps influenced by Greek παλλακή, παλλακίς (properly young girl), Latin pellex; originally Greek word according to StaG. i. 380, compare also LewyFremdw. 66f; on possibly Hittite origin see JenZMG xiviii (1894), 468 ff.); — פִּ׳ absolute 2 Samuel 3:7, construct 2 Samuel 21:11, פִּי׳ absolute Genesis 36:12; Judges 19:1, construct Genesis 35:22 + 4 times; suffix פִּילַגְשׁוֹ Genesis 22:24 +, שֵׁהוּ- Judges 19:24; שִׁי- Judges 20:4 + 2 times; plural פִּלַגְשִׁים 2 Samuel 5:13 + 2 times, פִּי׳ Genesis 25:6 + 5 times; construct פִּלַגְשֵׁי 2 Samuel 16:21, 22; suffix פִּילַגְשָׁיו 2 Chronicles 11:21, פִּלַגְשֶׁיךָ 2 Samuel 19:6, פִּלַגְשֵׁיהֶם Ezekiel 23:20; —
1. concubine Genesis 22:24; Genesis 25:6; Genesis 35:22; Genesis 36:12; Judges 8:31; Judges 19:1 + 10 times Judges 19:20; 2 Samuel 3:7 (twice in verse) + 7 times 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 11:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32 + 6 times Chronicles; Esther 2:14; Songs 6:8, 9.
2. either = paramour (perhaps contempt.; ὁ πάλλαξ = youth), or < concubinage Ezekiel 23:20 (figurative of Jerusalem doting on Babylon).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:24; 22:24; 25:6; 25:6; 35:22; 35:22; 36:12; 36:12

Judges

8:31; 19:1; 19:1; 19:20; 19:24; 20:4

2 Samuel

3:7; 3:7; 5:13; 16:21; 16:22; 19:6; 21:11

1 Kings

11:3

1 Chronicles

1:32

2 Chronicles

11:21

Esther

2:14

Song of Songs

6:8; 6:9

Ezekiel

23:20; 23:20

H6370

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Strong's Number H6370 matches the Hebrew פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pîleḡeš),
which occurs 37 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:24 - Nahor’s [fn]concubine, whose name was Reumah, gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - but to the sons of his [fn]concubines [Hagar and Keturah], Abraham gave gifts while he was still living and he sent them to the east country, away from Isaac his son [of promise].

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 -

While Israel was living in that land, Reuben [his eldest son] went and lay with Bilhah his father’s [fn]concubine, and Israel heard about it.

Now Jacob had twelve sons—

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - And Timna was a [fn]concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - And his [fn]concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 -

Now it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite living [as an alien] in the most remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a [fn]concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - But his concubine was unfaithful to him, and left him and went to her father’s house in Bethlehem of Judah, and stayed there for a period of four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - When the man and his concubine and his servant got up to leave, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Behold, now the day has drawn to a close; please spend the night. Look, now the day comes to an end; spend the night here and celebrate, enjoy yourself. Then tomorrow you may get up early for your journey and go [fn]home.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 -

But the man was not willing to stay the night; so he got up and left and came to a place opposite Jebus (that is Jerusalem). With him were two saddled donkeys [and his servant] and his concubine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - “Here is my virgin daughter and this man’s concubine. I will bring them out now; abuse and humiliate them and do to them [fn]whatever you want, but do not commit this act of [fn]sacrilege against this man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not listen to him. So the man took the Levite’s concubine and brought her outside to them; and they had relations with her and abused her all night until morning; and when daybreak came, they let her go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 -

When her master got up in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, he saw his concubine lying at the door of the house, and her hands were on the threshold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he arrived at his house, he took a knife, and taking hold of his [dead] concubine, he cut her [corpse] limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her [body parts] throughout all the territory of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, replied, “I had come with my concubine to spend the night in Gibeah, [a town] which belongs to [the tribe of] Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - “But the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me, but instead they raped my concubine [so brutally] that she died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - “So I took my concubine and cut her [corpse] in pieces and sent her [body parts] throughout the land of the inheritance of Israel; for the men of Gibeah have committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - Now Saul had a [fn]concubine whose name was Rizpah the daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, [fn]“Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:13 -

David took more [fn]concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:16 - So the king left, and all his household [fn]with him. But the king left behind ten women who were [fn]concubines to take care of the house (palace).

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s [fn]concubines, whom he has left behind to take care of the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened [by your boldness and audacity].”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof [of the king’s palace], and [fn]Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have put all your servants to shame who this day have saved your life and the lives of your sons and your daughters, and the lives of your wives and [fn]concubines.

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Then David came to his house (palace) at Jerusalem, and the king took the ten women, his [fn]concubines whom he had left to take care of the house, and placed them under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were confined, and lived as widows until the day of their death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:11 - David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the [fn]concubine of Saul, had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3 - He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred [fn]concubines, and his wives turned his heart away [from God].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:32 - Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s [fn]concubine: she gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - Ephah, Caleb’s [fn]concubine, gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez; Haran became the father of Gazez.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9 - All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the [fn]concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:14 -

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean [fn]concubine bore; she gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter (granddaughter) of Absalom more than all his wives and [fn]concubines—for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she would go in and the next morning she would return to the [fn]second harem, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the [fn]concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and she was summoned by name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:8 -

“There are sixty queens and eighty [fn]concubines,

And maidens without number;

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 -

But my dove, my perfect one, stands alone [above them all];

She is her mother’s only daughter;

She is the pure child of the one who bore her.

The maidens saw her and called her blessed and happy,

The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - “For she lusted after her lovers [there], whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
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