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יָלַד H3205
H3205 is the Hebrew word יָלַד, transliterated yâlad and said yaw-lad'. The King James Version most often renders it begat.
What it means
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 381 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Verses using יָלַד
The first 40 of 377 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 3:16 · KJV
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis 4:1 · KJV
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Genesis 4:2 · KJV
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:17 · KJV
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 4:18 · KJV
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
Genesis 4:20 · KJV
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Genesis 4:22 · KJV
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
Genesis 4:25 · KJV
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 4:26 · KJV
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis 5:3 · KJV
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Genesis 5:4 · KJV
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:6 · KJV
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
Genesis 5:7 · KJV
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:9 · KJV
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
Genesis 5:10 · KJV
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:12 · KJV
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
Genesis 5:13 · KJV
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:15 · KJV
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
Genesis 5:16 · KJV
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:18 · KJV
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Genesis 5:19 · KJV
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:21 · KJV
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Genesis 5:22 · KJV
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:25 · KJV
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
Genesis 5:26 · KJV
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:28 · KJV
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
Genesis 5:30 · KJV
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:32 · KJV
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:4 · KJV
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:10 · KJV
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 10:1 · KJV
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 10:8 · KJV
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Genesis 10:13 · KJV
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
Genesis 10:15 · KJV
And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
Genesis 10:24 · KJV
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
Genesis 10:25 · KJV
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Genesis 10:26 · KJV
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
Genesis 11:10 · KJV
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Genesis 11:11 · KJV
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:12 · KJV
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
Common questions
What does Strong's H3205 mean?
H3205 is the Hebrew word יָלַד (yâlad), meaning to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.
How is H3205 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it begat (177 times), bare (90 times), born (56 times), bear (13 times), brought forth (9 times), among others.
How many times does H3205 appear in the Bible?
יָלַד (yâlad) is tagged in 377 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3205 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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