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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 - And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: 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 concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thy heart may be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of asses saddled; his concubine also was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not any such folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not hearken to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 - And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands upon the threshold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:13 - And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:16 - And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3 - And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:32 - And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bare 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 concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:14 - The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare; she bare Machir the father of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters).

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, who kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:8 -
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines,
And virgins without number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 -
My dove, my undefiled, is but one;
She is the only one of her mother;
She is the choice one of her that bare her.
The daughters saw her, and called her blessed;
Yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - And she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
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