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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
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxGen 22:24 - His concubine, H6370 whose name H8034 was Reumah, H7208 [fn]also H1571 bore H3205 Tebah H2875 and Gaham H1514 and Tahash H8477 and Maacah. H4601

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - but to the sons H1121 of [fn]his concubines, H6370 Abraham H85 gave H5414 gifts H4979 while he was still H5750 living, H2416 and sent H7971 them away H7971 from his son H1121 Isaac H3327 eastward, H6924 to the land H776 of the east. H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - It came H1961 about while Israel H3478 was dwelling H7931 in that land, H776 that Reuben H7205 went H1980 and lay H7901 with Bilhah H1090 his father’s H1 concubine, H6370 and Israel H3478 heard H8085 of it. Now there were twelve H8147 H6240 sons H1121 of Jacob H3290—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - Timna H8555 was a concubine H6370 of Esau’s H6215 son H1121 Eliphaz H464 and she bore H3205 Amalek H6002 to Eliphaz. H464 These H428 are the sons H1121 of Esau’s H6215 wife H802 Adah. H5711

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - His concubine H6370 who H834 was in Shechem H7927 also H1571 bore H3205 him a son, H1121 and he [fn]named H8034 H7760 him Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - Now it came H1961 about in those H1992 days, H3117 when there H369 was no H369 king H4428 in Israel, H3478 that there was a certain H376 Levite H3881 [fn]staying H1481 in the remote H3411 part H3411 of the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 who took H3947 a concubine H6370 for himself from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - But his concubine H6370 played H2181 the harlot H2181 against H5921 him, and she went H1980 away from him to her father’s H1 house H1004 in Bethlehem H1035 in Judah, H3063 and was there H8033 for a period H3117 of four H702 months. H2320

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - When the man H376 arose H6965 to go H1980 along with his concubine H6370 and servant, H5288 his father-in-law, H2859 the girl’s H5291 father, H1 said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now, H4994 the day H3117 has drawn H7503 [fn]to a close; H6150 please H4994 spend H3885 the night. H3885 Lo, H2009 the day H3117 is [fn]coming H2583 to an end; H2583 spend H3885 the night H3885 here H6311 that your heart H3824 may be merry. H3190 Then tomorrow H4279 you may arise H7925 early H7925 for your journey H1870 so that you may go H1980 [fn]home.” H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man H376 was not willing H14 to spend H3885 the night, H3885 so he arose H6965 and departed H1980 and came H935 to a place opposite H5227 Jebus H2982 (that is, Jerusalem). H3389 And there were with him a pair H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys; H2543 his concubine H6370 also was with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - “Here H2009 is my virgin H1330 daughter H1323 and his concubine. H6370 Please H4994 let me bring H3318 them out that you may ravish H6031 them and do H6213 to them [fn]whatever you wish. H2896 H5869 But do not commit H6213 such H2088 an act H1697 of folly H5039 against this H2088 man.” H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men H376 would H14 not listen H8085 to him. So the man H376 seized H2388 his concubine H6370 and brought H3318 her out to them; and they raped H3045 her and abused H5953 her all H3605 night H3915 until H5704 morning, H1242 then let H7971 her go H7971 at the approach H5927 of dawn. H7837

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 - When her master H113 arose H6965 in the morning H1242 and opened H6605 the doors H1817 of the house H1004 and went H3318 out to go H1980 on his way, H1870 then behold, H2009 his concubine H6370 was lying H5307 at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with her hands H3027 on the threshold. H5592

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he entered H935 his house, H1004 he took H3947 a knife H3979 and laid H2388 hold H2388 of his concubine H6370 and cut H5408 her in twelve H8147 H6240 pieces, H5409 limb by limb, H6106 and sent H7971 her throughout H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - So the Levite, H3881 the husband H376 of the woman H802 who was murdered, H7523 answered H6030 and said, H559 “I came H935 with my concubine H6370 to spend H3885 the night H3885 at Gibeah H1390 which H834 belongs to Benjamin. H1144

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - “But the men H1167 of Gibeah H1390 rose H6965 up against H5921 me and surrounded H5437 the house H1004 at night H3915 because H5921 of me. They intended H1819 to kill H2026 me; instead, they ravished H6031 my concubine H6370 so that she died. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - “And I took H270 hold H270 of my concubine H6370 and cut H5408 her in pieces H5408 and sent H7971 her throughout H3605 the land H7704 of Israel’s H3478 inheritance; H5159 for they have committed H6213 a lewd H2154 and disgraceful H5039 act H5039 in Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - Now Saul H7586 had a concubine H6370 whose name H8034 was Rizpah, H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah; H345 and [fn]Ish-bosheth said H559 to Abner, H74 “Why H4069 have you gone H935 in to my father’s H1 concubine?” H6370

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:13 - Meanwhile David H1732 took H3947 more H5750 concubines H6370 and wives H802 from Jerusalem, H3389 after H310 he came H935 from Hebron; H2275 and more H5750 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 were born H3205 to David. H1732

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:16 - So the king H4428 went H3318 out and all H3605 his household H1004 [fn]with him. But the king H4428 left H5800 ten H6235 concubines H6370 to keep H8104 the house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahithophel H302 said H559 to Absalom, H53 “Go H935 in to your father’s H1 concubines, H6370 whom H834 he has left H5117 to keep H8104 the house; H1004 then all H3605 Israel H3478 will hear H8085 that you have made H887 yourself odious H887 to your father. H1 The hands H3027 of all H3605 who H834 are with you will also be strengthened.” H2388

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they pitched H5186 a tent H168 for Absalom H53 on the roof, H1406 and Absalom H53 went H935 in to his father’s H1 concubines H6370 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - Then Joab H3097 came H935 into the house H1004 to the king H4428 and said, H559 “Today H3117 you have covered H954 with shame H954 the faces H6440 of all H3605 your servants, H5650 who today H3117 have saved H4422 your life H5315 and the lives H5315 of your sons H1121 and daughters, H1323 the lives H5315 of your wives, H802 and the lives H5315 of your concubines, H6370

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - Then David H1732 came H935 to his house H1004 at Jerusalem, H3389 and the king H4428 took H3947 the ten H6235 women, H802 the concubines H6370 whom H834 he had left H5117 to keep H8104 the house, H1004 and placed H5414 them under guard H1004 H4931 and provided H3557 them with sustenance, H3557 but did not go H935 in to them. So they were shut H6887 up until H5704 the day H3117 of their death, H4191 living H2424 as widows. H491

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:11 - When it was told H5046 David H1732 what H834 Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah, H345 the concubine H6370 of Saul, H7586 had done, H6213

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3 - He had H1961 seven H7651 hundred H3967 wives, H802 princesses, H8282 and three H7969 hundred H3967 concubines, H6370 and his wives H802 turned H5186 his heart H3820 away. H5186

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:32 - The sons H1121 of Keturah, H6989 Abraham’s H85 concubine, H6370 whom she bore, H3205 were Zimran, H2175 Jokshan, H3370 Medan, H4091 Midian, H4080 Ishbak H3435 and Shuah. H7774 And the sons H1121 of Jokshan H3370 were Sheba H7614 and Dedan. H1719

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - Ephah, H5891 Caleb’s H3612 concubine, H6370 bore H3205 Haran, H2771 Moza H4162 and Gazez; H1495 and Haran H2771 became H3205 the father H3205 of Gazez. H1495

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Maacah, H4601 Caleb’s H3612 concubine, H6370 bore H3205 Sheber H7669 and Tirhanah. H8647

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9 - All H3605 these were the sons H1121 of David, H1732 besides H4480 H905 the sons H1121 of the concubines; H6370 and Tamar H8559 was their sister. H269

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:14 - The sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 were Asriel, H844 whom H834 his Aramean H761 concubine H6370 bore; H3205 she bore H3205 Machir H4353 the father H1 of Gilead. H1568

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - Rehoboam H7346 loved H157 Maacah H4601 the daughter H1323 of Absalom H53 more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 his other wives H802 and concubines. H6370 For he had taken H5375 eighteen H8083 H6240 wives H802 and sixty H8346 concubines H6370 and fathered H3205 twenty-eight H6242 H8083 sons H1121 and sixty H8346 daughters. H1323

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening H6153 she would go H935 in and in the morning H1242 she would return H7725 to the second H8145 harem, H1004 H802 to the [fn]custody H3027 of Shaashgaz, H8190 the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631 who was in charge H8104 of the concubines. H6370 She would not again H5750 go H935 in to the king H4428 unless H3588 H518 the king H4428 delighted H2654 in her and she was summoned H7121 by name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:8 - “There H1992 are sixty H8346 queens H4436 and eighty H8084 concubines, H6370
And [fn]maidens H5959 without H369 number; H4557

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 - But my dove, H3123 my perfect H8535 one, H8535 is [fn]unique: H259
She is her mother’s H517 [fn]only H259 daughter;
She is the pure H1249 child of the one who bore H3205 her.
The [fn]maidens H1323 saw H7200 her and called H833 her blessed, H833
The queens H4436 and the concubines H6370 also, and they praised H1984 her, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - “She lusted H5689 after H5921 their paramours, H6370 whose H834 flesh H1320 is like the flesh H1320 of donkeys H2543 and whose issue H2231 is like the issue H2231 of horses. H5483
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