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Strong's H3812 לֵאָה (leah)

Le'ah - 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 G3812 — paidiothen (“of a child”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3812
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 32
Books 2

Strong's H3812 Quick Answer

Strong's H3812 לֵאָה (Le'ah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Le'ah (lay-aw') n/p. 1. weary 2. Leah, a wife of Jacob It has 32 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include leah, leah's, and more. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Le'ah (lay-aw') n/p. 1. weary 2. Leah, a wife of Jacob
Usage
32 linked usages
Books
2 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
leah, leah's, and more

Meaning and Definition

Le'ah (lay-aw') n/p. 1. weary 2. Leah, a wife of Jacob [from H3811] KJV: Leah. Root(s): H3811

Original Word
לֵאָה
Transliteration
Le'ah
Derivation
Root: לאה First root strongs: 3811
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3812. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Leah

Usage: A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.16; daughter of: Laban (H3837A); sister of: Rachel (H7354); married to Israel (H3478); mother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783) § Leah = "weary" daughter of Laban, first wife of Jacob, and mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah

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How Strong's H3812 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Le'ah, 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.

Leah Genesis 29:16 27× Leah's Genesis 30:10 more Genesis 29:30

How Strong's H3812 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 32 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3812 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3812 in the Old Testament

32 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 29:16 KJV

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 29:17 KJV

Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

Genesis 29:23 KJV

And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

Usage Excerpts

First 32 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3812.

Genesis 29:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
Genesis 29:17 Old Testament, KJV
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
Genesis 29:23 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
Genesis 29:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
Genesis 29:25 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
Genesis 29:30 Old Testament, KJV
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Genesis 29:31 Old Testament, KJV
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 29:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
Genesis 30:9 Old Testament, KJV
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
Genesis 30:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
Genesis 30:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Genesis 30:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis 30:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Genesis 30:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
Genesis 30:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
Genesis 30:17 Old Testament, KJV
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
Genesis 30:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Genesis 30:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
Genesis 30:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
Genesis 31:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
Genesis 31:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Genesis 31:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
Genesis 33:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
Genesis 33:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
Genesis 33:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
Genesis 34:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
Genesis 35:23 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 35:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
Genesis 46:15 Old Testament, KJV
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
Genesis 46:18 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Genesis 49:31 Old Testament, KJV
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Ruth 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3812, grouped by book.

Genesis 31 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3812 FAQ

What does leah (לֵאָה) mean?

Leah (Strong's H3812) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Leah". Le'ah (lay-aw') n/p. 1. weary 2. Leah, a wife of Jacob

How many times is leah (לֵאָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 32 linked usages for Strong's H3812 across 2 books.

Where can I study leah (לֵאָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3812 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate leah (לֵאָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as leah, leah's, and more. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.