Bilhâh — H1090

H1090 · Hebrew — בלהה

Pronunciation: bil-haw'

Definition

locative proper noun

Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine

  1. Bilhah = "troubled"
  2. n pr f
  3. Rachel's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob's children, Dan and Naphtali
  4. n prloc
  5. a city in Simeon

Usually translated as

Bilhah

Origin

from H1089; timid

Occurrences

Bilhâh occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (9), 1 Chronicles (2)

Strong's Lexicon — B