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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.

Word: יָלַדTransliteration: yâladSaid: yaw-lad'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 377 verses

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.

begat 177×bare 90×born 56×bear 13×brought forth 9×bring forth 7×beget 7×midwives 6×begotten 5×again and bare 5×also bare 3×delivered 3×

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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