Strong H2153זִלְפָּה
Zilpah
- Transliteration
- zilpâh
- Pronunciation
- zil-paw
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
From an unused root apparently meaning to {trickle} as myrrh; fragrant dropping;
{Zilpah} Leah´ s maid: - Zilpah.
{Zilpah} Leah´ s maid: - Zilpah.
Meaning of the name
Zilpah = "a trickling"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Zilpah
Leah's maidservant; mother of Gad and Asher
Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, bore Jacob two sons, Gad and Asher (Gen.29.24; 30.9,10,12; 35.26; 37.2; 46.18).
In the Bible
Strong H2153 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- zilpah7
First verses
- Genesis 29:24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- Genesis 30:9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
- Genesis 30:10And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:12And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 35:26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan–aram.
- 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 46:18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.