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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #1090 - בִּלְהָה
Transliteration
Bilhâh
Phonetics
bil-haw'
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H1089)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name, Feminine
Proper Name, Location
Proper Name, Location
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Bilhah = “troubled”
1) Rachel’s handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob’s children, Dan and Naphtali (noun proper feminine)
2) a city in Simeon (noun proper locative)
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (11)
Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2
HCS (0)
HCS (11)
Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2
BSB (11)
Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2
ESV (11)
Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2
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
