Bilhah בִּלְהָה
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| בִּלְהָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | bilhah |
| Strong's number | H1090 (H1090A, H1090B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a woman |
| Gloss | Bilhah |
| Occurrences | 11 in 11 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (9) |
Bilhah (Hebrew בִּלְהָה, Strong's H1090) is a name of a woman in the Old Testament, glossed “Bilhah”. It occurs 11 times.
Definition
H1090A: Bilhah
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.29; married to Israel (H3478);
mother of: Dan (H1835H) and Naphtali (H5321)
§ Bilhah = "troubled"
Rachel's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob's children, Dan and Naphtali
mother of: Dan (H1835H) and Naphtali (H5321)
§ Bilhah = "troubled"
Rachel's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob's children, Dan and Naphtali
H1090B: Bilhah
§ Bilhah = "troubled"
n prloc
a city in Simeon
n prloc
a city in Simeon
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | bilhah (11) |
|---|---|
| BSB | bilhah (11) |
Verses
Every verse with Bilhah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 29:29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
- Genesis 30:3And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
- Genesis 30:4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
- Genesis 30:5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
- Genesis 30:7And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 35:22And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- Genesis 35:25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
- Genesis 37:2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
- Genesis 46:25These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 4:29And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
- 1 Chronicles 7:13The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—the descendants of Bilhah.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).