Zilpah זִלְפָּה
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| זִלְפָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | zilpah |
| Strong's number | H2153 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a woman |
| Gloss | Zilpah |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
Zilpah (Hebrew זִלְפָּה, Strong's H2153) is a name of a woman in the Old Testament, glossed “Zilpah”. It occurs 7 times.
Definition
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.24; married to Israel (H3478);
mother of: Gad (H1410) and Asher (H0836)
§ Zilpah = "a trickling"
the Syrian given by Laban to Leah as a handmaid, a concubine of Jacob, mother of Asher and Gad
mother of: Gad (H1410) and Asher (H0836)
§ Zilpah = "a trickling"
the Syrian given by Laban to Leah as a handmaid, a concubine of Jacob, mother of Asher and Gad
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | zilpah (7) |
|---|---|
| BSB | zilpah (7) |
Verses
Every verse with Zilpah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 29:24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
- Genesis 30:9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
- Genesis 30:10And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:12And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
- Genesis 35:26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan–aram.And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
- 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 46:18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
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).