בִּלְהָה

bil.hahBilhah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a woman11 occurrences2 books11 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Bilhah: Rachel's maidservant and mother of Dan and Naphtali
  • Bilhah: Town in Simeon's territory

Definition

from H1089; timid; Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Bilhah.

Glossary entries

Bilhah (Person) Bilhah (Place)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

11 total
  1. Genesis 29:29בִּלְהָ֖ה · Bilhah
    Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
  2. Genesis 30:3בִלְהָ֖ה · Bilhah
    Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
  3. Genesis 30:4בִּלְהָ֥ה · Bilhah
    So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
  4. Genesis 30:5בִּלְהָ֔ה · and Bilhah
    …and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
  5. Genesis 30:7בִּלְהָ֖ה · Bilhah
    And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
  6. Genesis 35:22בִּלְהָ֖ה֙ · Bilhah
    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:
  7. Genesis 35:25בִלְהָה֙ · Bilhah [were]
    The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
  8. Genesis 37:2בִלְהָ֛ה · Bilhah
    This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
  9. Genesis 46:25בִלְהָ֔ה · to Bilhah
    These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
  10. 1 Chronicles 4:29וּבְבִלְהָ֥ה · Bilhah
    Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
  11. 1 Chronicles 7:13בִלְהָֽה׃פ · of Bilhah
    The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—the descendants of Bilhah.