Bilhah - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1090 — georgeo (“dress”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1090 בִּלהָה (Bilhah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Bilhah (bil-haw') n/p. 1. timid 2. Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines It has 11 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include bilhah. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Bilhah (bil-haw') n/p. 1. timid 2. Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines 3. also of a place in Israel [from H1089] KJV: Bilhah. Root(s): H1089
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Bilhah
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Bilhah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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11 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
And 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.
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1090.
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
And 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.
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
And 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:
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
These 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.
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
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Bilhah (Strong's H1090) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Bilhah". Bilhah (bil-haw') n/p. 1. timid 2. Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's H1090 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1090 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bilhah. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.