Lexical Summary Bilhah: a concubine of Jacob Original Word: בִּלְהָהTransliteration: Bilhah Phonetic Spelling: (bil-haw') Part of Speech: proper name, feminine; proper name, of a location Short Definition: a concubine of Jacob Meaning: Bilhah -- a concubine of Jacob Strong's Concordance Bilhah From balahh; timid; Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine -- Bilhah. see HEBREW balahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H1090. Bilhah I. בִּלְהָה proper name, feminine (etymology dubious) handmaid of Rachel, concubine of Jacob Genesis 29:29; 30:3-4, 5, 7; 35:22, 25 (sons Dan & Naphtali) 37:2 (probably gloss, Ol) 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13. II. בִּלהָה proper name, of a location a city of Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:29, probably = בַּעֲלָה Joshua 15:29, בָּלָה 19:3 compare Di; site dubious |
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