Leah
לֵאָהStrong’s H3812leah (le-ah)
Appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Leah is the Hebrew word usually translated “leah”, “more than leah” and “like leah”. It appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.”
Meaning
- A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.16
How it's translated
- leah 28
- to leah 2
- and leah 2
- more than leah 1
- and like leah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 31
- Ruth 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 29:17Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
- Genesis 29:23And 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 29:24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- Genesis 29:25And 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 29:30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- Genesis 29:31And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Hebrew dictionary
לֵאָה leah · Leah
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
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.