H6370 פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pîylegesh) pee-leh'-ghesh

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

concubine

Strong's Definition

a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour

Derivation: or פִּלֶגֶשׁ; of uncertain derivation;

KJV Usage: concubine, paramour.

TWOT Reference: 1770

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) concubine, paramour

1a) concubine

1b) paramour

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1135

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ (pi.le.gesh) — concubine. 1) concubine, paramour 1a) concubine 1b) paramour

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פִּילֶגֶשׁ (H6370) — פִּלֶגֶשׁ

noun f

Relatives

concubine = a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives

GEN 22:24 · GEN 25:6 · GEN 35:22 · GEN 36:12 · JDG 8:31 · JDG 19:1 · JDG 19:2 · JDG 19:9 · JDG 19:10 · JDG 19:24 · JDG 19:25 · JDG 19:27 · JDG 19:29 · JDG 20:4 · JDG 20:5 · JDG 20:6 · 2SA 3:7 · 2SA 3:7 · 2SA 5:13 · 2SA 15:16 · 2SA 16:21 · 2SA 16:22 · 2SA 19:6 · 2SA 20:3 · 2SA 21:11 · 1KI 11:3 · 1CH 1:32 · 1CH 2:46 · 1CH 2:48 · 1CH 3:9 · 1CH 7:14 · 2CH 11:21 · 2CH 11:21 · EST 2:14 · SNG 6:8 · SNG 6:9 · EZK 23:20

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ, פִּילֶ֫גֶשׁ 37 n.f. concubine concubine

either = paramour, or < concubinage

base

Bible Occurrences (33)

22:24 25:6 35:22 36:12

8:31 19:1 19:2 19:9 19:10 19:24 19:25 19:27 19:29 20:4 20:5 20:6

3:7 5:13 15:16 16:21 16:22 19:5 20:3 21:11

11:3

1:32 2:46 2:48 3:9 7:14

11:21

2:14

23:20

Genesis 22:24

Moreover, [Nahor’s] concubine, whose name was Reumah,... bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 25:6

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his... concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

Genesis 35:22

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel... heard about it. Jacob had twelve... sons:

Genesis 36:12

Additionally, Timna,... a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek -. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

Judges 8:31

His concubine, who [dwelt] in Shechem, also... bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

Judges 19:1

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel,...... a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

Judges 19:2

But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,

Judges 19:9

When the man got up to depart... with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night.... See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey... home.