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Lexicon :: Strong's H6370 - pîleḡeš

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פִּילֶגֶשׁ
Transliteration
pîleḡeš
Pronunciation
pee-leh'-ghesh
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1770

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: פילגש (Strongs and Gesenius) פלגש (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

פִּילֶגֶשׁ pîylegesh, pee-leh'-ghesh; or פִּלֶגֶשׁ pilegesh; of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour:—concubine, paramour.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H6370 in the following manner: concubine (35x), concubine (with H802) (1x), paramours (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H6370 in the following manner: concubine (35x), concubine (with H802) (1x), paramours (1x).

  1. concubine, paramour

    1. concubine

    2. paramour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פִּילֶגֶשׁ pîylegesh, pee-leh'-ghesh; or פִּלֶגֶשׁ pilegesh; of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour:—concubine, paramour.
STRONGS H6370: Abbreviations
פִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ, פִּילֶ֫גֶשׁ 37 noun feminine concubine (Late Hebrew id.; TargumJ פִּילַּקְתָּא (פַּלְקְתָא), perhaps influenced by Greek παλλακή, παλλακίς (properly young girl), Latin pellex; originally Greek word according to StaG. i. 380, compare also LewyFremdw. 66f; on possibly Hittite origin see JenZMG xiviii (1894), 468 ff.); — פִּ׳ absolute 2 Samuel 3:7, construct 2 Samuel 21:11, פִּי׳ absolute Genesis 36:12; Judges 19:1, construct Genesis 35:22 + 4 times; suffix פִּילַגְשׁוֹ Genesis 22:24 +, שֵׁהוּ- Judges 19:24; שִׁי- Judges 20:4 + 2 times; plural פִּלַגְשִׁים 2 Samuel 5:13 + 2 times, פִּי׳ Genesis 25:6 + 5 times; construct פִּלַגְשֵׁי 2 Samuel 16:21, 22; suffix פִּילַגְשָׁיו 2 Chronicles 11:21, פִּלַגְשֶׁיךָ 2 Samuel 19:6, פִּלַגְשֵׁיהֶם Ezekiel 23:20; —
1. concubine Genesis 22:24; Genesis 25:6; Genesis 35:22; Genesis 36:12; Judges 8:31; Judges 19:1 + 10 times Judges 19:20; 2 Samuel 3:7 (twice in verse) + 7 times 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 11:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32 + 6 times Chronicles; Esther 2:14; Songs 6:8, 9.
2. either = paramour (perhaps contempt.; ὁ πάλλαξ = youth), or < concubinage Ezekiel 23:20 (figurative of Jerusalem doting on Babylon).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:24; 22:24; 25:6; 25:6; 35:22; 35:22; 36:12; 36:12

Judges

8:31; 19:1; 19:1; 19:20; 19:24; 20:4

2 Samuel

3:7; 3:7; 5:13; 16:21; 16:22; 19:6; 21:11

1 Kings

11:3

1 Chronicles

1:32

2 Chronicles

11:21

Esther

2:14

Song of Songs

6:8; 6:9

Ezekiel

23:20; 23:20

H6370

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Strong's Number H6370 matches the Hebrew פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pîleḡeš),
which occurs 37 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:24 - His concubine H6370, whose name H8034 was Reumah H7208, [fn]also H1571 gave H3205 birth H3205 to Tebah H2875, Gaham H1514, Tahash H8477, and Maacah H4601.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - but to the sons H1121 of [fn]his concubines H6370, Abraham H85 gave H5414 gifts H4979 while he was still H5750 living H2416, and sent H7971 them away H7971 from his son H1121 Isaac H3327 eastward H6924, to the land H776 of the east H6924.

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And it came H1961 about H1961, while Israel H3478 was living H7931 in that land H776, that Reuben H7205 went H1980 and slept H7901 with his father’s H1 concubine H6370 Bilhah H1090, and Israel H3478 heard H8085 about it.

Now there were twelve H8147 H6240 sons H1121 of Jacob H3290—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - Timna H8555 was a concubine H6370 of Esau’s H6215 son H1121 Eliphaz H464, and she bore H3205 Amalek H6002 to Eliphaz H464. These H428 are the sons H1121 of Esau’s H6215 wife H802 Adah H5711.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - And his concubine H6370 who H834 was in Shechem H7927 also H1571 bore H3205 him a son H1121, and he [fn]named H8034 H7760 him Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 in those H1992 days H3117, when there H369 was H369 no H369 king H4428 in Israel H3478, that there was a certain H376 Levite H3881 [fn]staying H1481 in the remote H3411 part H3411 of the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, who took H3947 a concubine H6370 for himself from Bethlehem H1035 in Judah H3063.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - But his concubine H6370 [fn]found H2181 him repugnant H2181, and she left H1980 H4480 him and went to her father’s H1 house H1004 in Bethlehem H1035 in Judah H3063, and remained H1961 there H8033 for a period H3117 of four H702 months H2320.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - When the man H376 got H6965 up H6965 to go H1980, along with his concubine H6370 and servant H5288, his father-in-law H2859, the girl’s H5291 father H1, said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now H4994, the day H3117 has drawn H7503 [fn]to a close H6150; please H4994 spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885. Behold H2009, the day H3117 is [fn]coming H2583 to H2583 an H2583 end H2583; spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 here H6311 so that your heart H3824 may be H3190 cheerful H3190. Then tomorrow H4279 you may arise H7925 early H7925 for your journey H1870 and go H1980 [fn]home H168.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 -

But the man H376 was unwilling H3808 H14 to spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885, so he got H6965 up H6965 and left H1980, and came H935 to a place opposite H5227 Jebus H2982 (that is, Jerusalem H3389). And with him was a pair H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys H2543; his concubine H6370 also was with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - “Here H2009 is my virgin H1330 daughter H1323 and [fn]the man’s concubine H6370. Please H4994 let me bring H3318 them out H3318, then rape H6031 them and do H6213 to them [fn]whatever you wish H2896 H5869. But do not commit H6213 this H2088 act H1697 of vile H5039 sin H5039 against this H2088 man H376.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men H376 would H14 not listen H8085 to him. So the man H376 seized H2388 his concubine H6370 and brought H3318 her outside H2351 to them; and they [fn]raped H3045 her and abused H5953 her all H3605 night H3915 until H5704 morning H1242, then let H7971 her go H7971 at the approach H5927 of dawn H7837.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27

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When her master H113 got H6965 up H6965 in the morning H1242 and opened H6605 the doors H1817 of the house H1004 and went H3318 out H3318 to go H1980 on his way H1870, then behold H2009, his concubine H6370 was lying H5307 at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with her hands H3027 on the threshold H5592.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he entered H935 his house H1004, he took H3947 a knife H3979 and seized H2388 his concubine H6370, and cut H5408 her in twelve H8147 H6240 pieces H5409, limb H6106 by limb H6106. Then he sent H7971 her throughout H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - So the Levite H3881, the husband H376 of the woman H802 who was murdered H7523, answered H6030 and said H559, “I came H935 with my concubine H6370 to spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 at Gibeah H1390 which H834 belongs to Benjamin H1144.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - “But the [fn]citizens H1167 of Gibeah H1390 rose H6965 up H6965 against H5921 me and surrounded H5437 the house H1004 at night H3915, [fn]threatening H5921 me. They intended H1819 to kill H2026 me; instead, they raped H6031 my concubine H6370 so that she died H4191.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - “And I took H270 hold H270 of my concubine H6370 and cut H5408 her in H5408 pieces H5408, and sent H7971 her throughout H3605 the land H7704 of Israel’s H3478 inheritance H5159; for they have committed H6213 an outrageous H2154 sin H2154 and vile H5039 act H5039 in Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - And Saul H7586 had a concubine H6370 whose name H8034 was Rizpah H7532, the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345; and [fn]Ish-bosheth said H559 to Abner H74, “Why H4069 have you gone H935 in H935 to my father’s H1 concubine H6370?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:13

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Meanwhile David H1732 took H3947 more H5750 concubines H6370 and wives H802 from Jerusalem H3389, after H310 he came H935 from Hebron H2275; and more H5750 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 were born H3205 to David H1732.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:16 - So the king H4428 left H3318, and all H3605 his household H1004 [fn]with him; but the king H4428 left H5800 ten H6235 concubines H6370 behind H5800 to take H8104 care H8104 of the house H1004.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahithophel H302 said H559 to Absalom H53, “Have H935 relations H935 with H935 your father’s H1 concubines H6370, whom H834 he has left H5117 behind H5117 to take H8104 care H8104 of the house H1004; then all H3605 Israel H3478 will hear H8085 that you have made H887 yourself repulsive H887 to your father H1. The hands H3027 of all H3605 who H834 are with you will also be strengthened H2388.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they pitched H5186 a tent H168 for Absalom H53 on the roof H1406, and Absalom H53 had H935 relations H935 with H935 his father’s H1 concubines H6370 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - Then Joab H3097 came H935 into the house H1004 to the king H4428 and said H559, “Today H3117 you have shamed H954 [fn]all H3605 your servants H5650, who have saved H4422 your life H5315 today H3117 and the lives H5315 of your sons H1121 and daughters H1323, the lives H5315 of your wives H802, and the lives H5315 of your concubines H6370,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3

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Then David H1732 came H935 to his house H1004 in Jerusalem H3389, and the king H4428 took H3947 the ten H6235 women H802, the concubines H6370 whom H834 he had left H5117 behind H5117 to take H8104 care H8104 of the house H1004, and put H5414 them in custody H1004 H4931 and provided H3557 them with H3557 food H3557, but did not [fn]have H935 relations H935 with H935 them. So they were locked H6887 up H6887 until H5704 the day H3117 of their death H4191, living H2424 as widows H491.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:11 - When it was reported H5046 to David H1732 what H834 Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345, the concubine H6370 of Saul H7586, had done H6213,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3 - He had H1961 seven H7651 hundred H3967 wives H802, who were [fn]princesses H8282, and three H7969 hundred H3967 concubines H6370; and his wives H802 turned H5186 his heart H3820 away H5186.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:32 - The sons H1121 of Keturah H6989, Abraham’s H85 concubine H6370, to whom she gave H3205 birth H3205, were Zimran H2175, Jokshan H3370, Medan H4091, Midian H4080, Ishbak H3435, and Shuah H7774. And the sons H1121 of Jokshan H3370 were Sheba H7614 and Dedan H1719.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - Ephah H5891, Caleb’s H3612 concubine H6370, gave H3205 birth H3205 to Haran H2771, Moza H4162, and Gazez H1495; and Haran H2771 fathered H3205 Gazez H1495.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:48 - Maacah H4601, Caleb’s H3612 concubine H6370, gave H3205 birth H3205 to Sheber H7669 and Tirhanah H8647.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9 - All H3605 of these were the sons H1121 of David H1732, besides H4480 H905 the sons H1121 of the concubines H6370; and Tamar H8559 was their sister H269.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:14 -

The sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 were Asriel H844, to whom H834 his Aramean H761 concubine H6370 gave H3205 birth H3205; she also gave H3205 birth H3205 to Machir H4353, the father H1 of Gilead H1568.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - Rehoboam H7346 loved H157 Maacah H4601 the daughter H1323 of Absalom H53 more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 his other wives H802 and concubines H6370. For he had taken H5375 eighteen H8083 H6240 wives H802 and sixty H8346 concubines H6370, and fathered H3205 twenty-eight H6242 H8083 sons H1121 and sixty H8346 daughters H1323.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening H6153 she would enter H935 and in the morning H1242 she would return H7725 to the second H8145 harem H1004 H802, to the [fn]custody H3027 of Shaashgaz H8190, the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631 who was in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the concubines H6370. She would not go H935 in H935 to the king H4428 again H5750, unless H3588 H518 the king H4428 delighted H2654 in her and she was summoned H7121 by name H8034.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:8 -

“There H1992 are sixty H8346 queens H4436 and eighty H8084 concubines H6370,

And [fn]young H5959 women H5959 without H369 number H4557;

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But my dove H3123, my perfect H8535 one H8535, is [fn]unique H259:

She is her mother’s H517 [fn]only H259 daughter;

She is the pure H1249 child of the one who gave H3205 birth H3205 to her.

The [fn]young H1323 women H1323 saw H7200 her and called H833 her [fn]blessed H833,

The queens H4436 and the concubines H6370 also, and they praised H1984 her, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - “She lusted H5689 after H5921 their lovers H6370, whose H834 flesh H1320 is like the flesh H1320 of donkeys H2543 and whose discharge H2231 is like the discharge H2231 of horses H5483.
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