Bible Names

Leah: meaning of the name

Leah means “weary; tired.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)girl name

Leah in Hebrew and Greek

לֵאָה H3812

Lêʼâh (lay-aw') — Leah, a wife of Jacob

from H3811 (לָאָה); weary;

Who named Leah in the Bible

Leah in Scripture

“Leah” appears in 32 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 29:16

    And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Genesis 29:17

    Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

  • Genesis 29:23

    And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

  • Genesis 29:24

    And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

  • Genesis 29:25

    And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

  • Genesis 29:30

    And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

  • Genesis 29:31

    And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

  • Genesis 29:32

    And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.