Lectionary Calendar
Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #1090 - בִּלְהָה
Transliteration
Bilhâh
Phonetics
bil-haw'
Origin
from (H1089)
Parts of Speech
proper feminine noun, proper locative noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Bilhah = "troubled"
- n pr f
- Rachel´s handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob´s children, Dan and Naphtali
- n prloc
- a city in Simeon
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (11)
Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2
BSB (11)
Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2
CSB (11)
Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2
ESV (11)
Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2
KJV (11)
Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2
LEB (11)
Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2
LSB (0)
The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (0)
The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
NAS (0)
The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (11)
Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
I. בִּלְהָה proper name, feminine (etymology dubious) handmaid of Rachel, concubine of Jacob Genesis 29:29; Genesis 30:3,4,5,7; Genesis 35:22,25 (sons Dan & Naphtali) Genesis 37:2 (probably gloss, Ol) Genesis 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13.
II. בִּלהָה
proper name, of a location a city of Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:29, probably = בַּעֲלָה Joshua 15:29, בָּלָה Joshua 19:3 compare Di; site dubious
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
בִּלְהָה (perhaps “modesty,” see בָּלַהּ in Kal), [Bilhah], pr.n.
(1) of the handmaid of Rachel, who bore to Jacob Dan and Naphtali, Genesis 30:3, seq.; 35:22.
(2) a town of the tribe of Simeon, 1 Chronicles 4:29 called elsewhere בָּלָה (Joshua 19:3), also בַּעֲלָה.
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List of Word Forms
בִּלְהָ֔ה בִּלְהָ֖ה בִּלְהָ֖ה֙ בִּלְהָ֥ה בִלְהָ֔ה בִלְהָ֖ה בִלְהָ֛ה בִלְהָֽה׃ בִלְהָה֙ בלהה בלהה׃ וּבְבִלְהָ֥ה ובבלהה bil·hāh ḇil·hāh bilHah bilhāh ḇilhāh ū·ḇə·ḇil·hāh ūḇəḇilhāh uvevilHah vilHah
