Occurrences
Pîylegesh occurs 37 times in 35 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Judges (12), 2 Samuel (8), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (1), Esther (1), Song of Songs (2), Ezekiel (1)
- Genesis 22:24 — And his concubine (וּפִֽילַגְשׁ֖וֹ), whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
- Genesis 25:6 — But unto the sons of the concubines (הַפִּֽילַגְשִׁים֙), which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
- 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 (פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁ): and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
- Genesis 36:12 — And Timna was concubine (פִילֶ֗גֶשׁ) to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
- Judges 8:31 — And his concubine (וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙) that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
- Judges 19:1 — And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine (פִילֶ֔גֶשׁ) out of Beth-lehem-judah.
- Judges 19:2 — And his concubine (פִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹ) played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.
- Judges 19:9 — And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine (וּפִילַגְשׁ֖וֹ), and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
- Judges 19:10 — But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine (וּפִילַגְשׁ֖וֹ) also was with him.
- Judges 19:24 — Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine (וּפִֽילַגְשֵׁ֗הוּ); them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
- Judges 19:25 — But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine (בְּפִ֣ילַגְשׁ֔וֹ), and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
- Judges 19:27 — And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine (פִֽילַגְשׁ֗וֹ) was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
- Judges 19:29 — And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine (בְּפִֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹ), and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
- Judges 20:4 — And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine (וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖י), to lodge.
- Judges 20:5 — And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine (פִּילַגְשִׁ֥י) have they forced, that she is dead.
- Judges 20:6 — And I took my concubine (בְּפִֽילַגְשִׁי֙), and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
- 2 Samuel 3:7 — And Saul had a concubine (פִּלֶ֔גֶשׁ), whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?
- 2 Samuel 3:7 — And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine (פִּילֶ֥גֶשׁ)?
- 2 Samuel 5:13 — And David took him more concubines (פִּֽלַגְשִׁ֤ים) and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
- 2 Samuel 15:16 — And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines (פִּֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים), to keep the house.
- 2 Samuel 16:21 — And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines (פִּלַגְשֵׁ֣י), which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
- 2 Samuel 16:22 — So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines (פִּֽלַגְשֵׁ֣י) in the sight of all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 19:5 — And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines (פִּלַגְשֶֽׁיךָ);
- 2 Samuel 20:3 — And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines (פִּלַגְשִׁ֡ים), whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
- 2 Samuel 21:11 — And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine (פִּלֶ֥גֶשׁ) of Saul, had done.
- 1 Kings 11:3 — And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines (וּפִֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים): and his wives turned away his heart.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32 — Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine (פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁ): she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
- 1 Chronicles 2:46 — And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine (פִּילֶ֣גֶשׁ), bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
- 1 Chronicles 2:48 — Maachah, Caleb’s concubine (פִּלֶ֤גֶשׁ), bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:9 — These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines (פִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים), and Tamar their sister.
- 1 Chronicles 7:14 — The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine (פִּֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙) the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
- 2 Chronicles 11:21 — And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines (וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו): (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
- 2 Chronicles 11:21 — And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines (וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים); and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
- Esther 2:14 — In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines (הַפִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים): she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
- Song of Songs 6:8 — There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines (פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים), and virgins without number.
- Song of Songs 6:9 — My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines (וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים), and they praised her.
- Ezekiel 23:20 — For she doted upon their paramours (פִּֽלַגְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם), whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.