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Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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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
did not use
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did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (0)
The
did not use
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did not use
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NAS (0)
The
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NLT (0)
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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
