H2153: זִלְפָּה
Zilpâh · pronounced zil-paw · “Zilpah”
Definition
Zilpah, Leah's maid
KJV translates it as: Zilpah.
Word origin: ; from an unused root apparently meaning to trickle, as myrrh; fragrant dropping;
Extended definition
mother of: Gad (H1410) and Asher (H0836)
§ Zilpah = "a trickling"
the Syrian given by Laban to Leah as a handmaid, a concubine of Jacob, mother of Asher and Gad
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2153 is translated
- zilpah ×7
Bible verses with H2153 (Zilpâh)
Zilpâh appears in 7 verses.
- Genesis 29:24
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
- Genesis 30:10
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:12
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 35:26
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan–aram.
- 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.
- Genesis 46:18
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.