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יֶלֶד H3206

H3206 is the Hebrew word יֶלֶד, transliterated yeled and said yeh'-led. The King James Version most often renders it child.

Word: יֶלֶדTransliteration: yeledSaid: yeh'-ledLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 75 verses

What it means

something born, i.e. a lad or offspring.

Where it comes from

from H3205 (יָלַד).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 74 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

child 33×children 21×young men 6×sons 3×young ones 3×men children 2×young man 1×also with her children 1×against the child 1×child's 1×fruit 1×no children 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).

Verses using יֶלֶד

The first 40 of 75 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 4:23 · KJV

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

Genesis 21:8 · KJV

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

Genesis 21:14 · KJV

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 21:15 · KJV

And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

Genesis 21:16 · KJV

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

Genesis 30:26 · KJV

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

Genesis 32:22 · KJV

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

Genesis 33:1 · KJV

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

Genesis 33:2 · KJV

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

Genesis 33:5 · KJV

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

Genesis 33:6 · KJV

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

Genesis 33:7 · KJV

And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

Genesis 33:13 · KJV

And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

Genesis 33:14 · KJV

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

Genesis 37:30 · KJV

And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

Genesis 42:22 · KJV

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

Genesis 44:20 · KJV

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

Exodus 1:17 · KJV

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

Exodus 1:18 · KJV

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

Exodus 2:3 · KJV

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

Exodus 2:6 · KJV

And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.

Exodus 2:8 · KJV

And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.

Exodus 2:9 · KJV

And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

Exodus 2:10 · KJV

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Exodus 21:4 · KJV

If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

Exodus 21:22 · KJV

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Ruth 1:5 · KJV

And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

Ruth 4:16 · KJV

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

1 Samuel 1:2 · KJV

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

2 Samuel 6:23 · KJV

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

2 Samuel 12:15 · KJV

And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

2 Samuel 12:18 · KJV

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

2 Samuel 12:19 · KJV

But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

2 Samuel 12:21 · KJV

Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

2 Samuel 12:22 · KJV

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

1 Kings 3:25 · KJV

And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

1 Kings 12:8 · KJV

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:

1 Kings 12:10 · KJV

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

1 Kings 12:14 · KJV

And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

1 Kings 14:12 · KJV

Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3206 mean?

H3206 is the Hebrew word יֶלֶד (yeled), meaning something born, i.e. a lad or offspring.

How is H3206 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it child (33 times), children (21 times), young men (6 times), sons (3 times), young ones (3 times), among others.

How many times does H3206 appear in the Bible?

יֶלֶד (yeled) is tagged in 75 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3206 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3205 (יָלַד).

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