Strong H1090H1090Aבִּלְהָה
Bilhah
One of the 2 senses of Strong H1090
- Transliteration
- bilhâh
- Pronunciation
- bil-haw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Bilhah = "troubled"
General definition
From H1089; timid;
{Bilhah} the name of one of Jacob´ s concubines; also of a place in Palestine: - Bilhah.
{Bilhah} the name of one of Jacob´ s concubines; also of a place in Palestine: - Bilhah.
In the biblical story
Bilhah
Rachel's maidservant and mother of Dan and Naphtali
Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, bore Jacob two sons, Dan and Naphtali, who became ancestors of Israelite tribes.
In the Bible
Strong H1090A appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bilhah10
First verses
- Genesis 29:29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
- 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:
- Genesis 37:2These 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.
- Genesis 46:25These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
- 1 Chronicles 7:13The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.