Bilhah
בִּלְהָהStrong’s H1090bilhah (bil-hah)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bilhah is the Hebrew word usually translated “bilhah”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.”
Meaning
- A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.29; married to Israel (H3478)
- § Bilhah = "troubled"
How it's translated
- bilhah 10
- and in bilhah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 9
- 1 Chronicles 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 30:3And 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.
- Genesis 30:4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
- Genesis 30:5And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:7And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 35:22And 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:
- Genesis 35:25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
Hebrew dictionary
בִּלְהָה bilhah · Bilhah
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
בִּלְהָה bilhah · Bilhah
§ Bilhah = "troubled" n prloc a city in Simeon
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.