1) concubine, paramour 1a) concubine 1b) paramour
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H6370 — פִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ
pi.le.gesh · concubine · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 22:24 · וּפִֽילַגְשׁ֖וֹMoreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.Genesis 25:6 · הַפִּֽילַגְשִׁים֙But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.Genesis 35:22 · פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁWhile 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:Genesis 36:12 · פִילֶ֗גֶשׁAdditionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.Judges 8:31 · וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.Judges 19:1 · פִילֶ֔גֶשׁNow in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.Judges 19:2 · פִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹBut she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,Judges 19:9 · וּפִילַגְשׁ֖וֹWhen the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”Judges 19:10 · וּפִילַגְשׁ֖וֹBut the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.Judges 19:24 · וּפִֽילַגְשֵׁ֗הוּLook, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”Judges 19:25 · בְּפִ֣ילַגְשׁ֔וֹBut the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.Judges 19:27 · פִֽילַגְשׁ֗וֹIn the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.Judges 19:29 · בְּפִֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹWhen he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.Judges 20:4 · וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖יSo the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.Judges 20:5 · פִּילַגְשִׁ֥יAnd during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.Judges 20:6 · בְּפִֽילַגְשִׁי֙Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.2 Samuel 3:7 · פִּלֶ֔גֶשׁ · פִּילֶ֥גֶשׁNow Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”2 Samuel 5:13 · פִּֽלַגְשִׁ֤יםAfter he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.2 Samuel 15:16 · פִּֽלַגְשִׁ֖יםThen the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.2 Samuel 16:21 · פִּלַגְשֵׁ֣יAhithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”2 Samuel 16:22 · פִּֽלַגְשֵׁ֣יSo they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.2 Samuel 19:5 · פִּלַגְשֶֽׁיךָ׃Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.2 Samuel 20:3 · פִּלַגְשִׁ֡יםWhen David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.2 Samuel 21:11 · פִּלֶ֥גֶשׁWhen David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,1 Kings 11:3 · וּפִֽלַגְשִׁ֖יםHe had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.1 Chronicles 1:32 · פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁThe sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.1 Chronicles 2:46 · פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁCaleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.1 Chronicles 2:48 · פִּלֶ֤גֶשׁCaleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.1 Chronicles 3:9 · פִֽילַגְשִׁ֖יםThese were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.1 Chronicles 7:14 · פִּֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.2 Chronicles 11:21 · וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו · וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖יםRehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.Esther 2:14 · הַפִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑יםShe would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.Song of Solomon 6:8 · פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑יםThere are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,Song of Solomon 6:9 · וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖יםbut my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.