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Lexicon :: Strong's H3812 - lē'â

Aa
לֵאָה
Transliteration
lē'â
Pronunciation
lay-aw'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

לֵאָה Lêʼâh, lay-aw'; from H3811; weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob:—Leah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H3812 in the following manner: Leah (34x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H3812 in the following manner: Leah (34x).

  1. Leah = "weary"

    1. daughter of Laban, first wife of Jacob, and mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֵאָה Lêʼâh, lay-aw'; from H3811; weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob:—Leah.
STRONGS H3812: Abbreviations
לֵאָה 34 proper name, feminine Leah, elder daughter of Laban, and wife of Jacob (perhaps = wild-cow, Arabic bdb052108, (bdb052109) [compare רָחֵל ewe], DlProl. 80 RSK 219 and (doubtfully) NöZMG xl. 1886, 167; also GrayHeb. Names, 96; others as HptGGN 1883, 100 compare Assyrian li'at, in sense mistress; on possibly relation of לֵאָה to לִוֵי see לִוֵי); — mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah; Genesis 29:16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32 (compare Genesis 29:33; Genesis 29:34; Genesis 29:35) Genesis 30:9 + 15 times Genesis 31:32; Genesis 33:1, 2, 7; Genesis 34:1; Genesis 35:23, 26; Genesis 46:15, 18; Genesis 49:31; Ruth 4:11; Greek Version of the LXX Λ(ε)ια.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:16; 29:17; 29:23; 29:24; 29:25; 29:30; 29:31; 29:32; 29:33; 29:34; 29:35; 30:9; 31:32; 33:1; 33:2; 33:7; 34:1; 35:23; 35:26; 46:15; 46:18; 49:31

Ruth

4:11

H3812

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3812 matches the Hebrew לֵאָה (lē'â),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16 - Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:17 - And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:23 - And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:11 - And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:13 - And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:17 - And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the name Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:19 - And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20 - And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4 - And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14 - Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7 - And Leah came near with her children, and then Joseph and Rachel, and they did the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:1 - Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher; these are the sons whom Jacob had in Paddan-aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15 - All these, together with his daughter Dinah, were the children of Leah, whom Jacob had by her in Paddan-aram; they were thirty-three in number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and Jacob had these sixteen children by her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:31 - There Abraham and Sarah his wife were put to rest, and there they put Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I put Leah to rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;
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