Bible Names

Bilhah: meaning of the name

Bilhah means “Bilhan, who is old or confused.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)girl name

Bilhah in Hebrew and Greek

בִּלְהָה H1090

Bilhâh (bil-haw') — Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine

from H1089 (בָּלַהּ); timid;

Who named Bilhah in the Bible

Places named Bilhah

Bilhah in Scripture

“Bilhah” appears in 11 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 29:29

    And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

  • Genesis 30:3

    And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

  • Genesis 30:4

    And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

  • Genesis 30:5

    And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

  • Genesis 30:7

    And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

  • Genesis 35:22

    And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

  • Genesis 35:25

    And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

  • Genesis 37:2

    These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.