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פִּילֶגֶשׁ H6370

H6370 is the Hebrew word פִּילֶגֶשׁ, transliterated pîylegesh and said pee-leh'-ghesh. The King James Version most often renders it concubine.

Word: פִּילֶגֶשׁTransliteration: pîylegeshSaid: pee-leh'-gheshLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 34 verses

What it means

a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour.

Where it comes from

or פִּלֶגֶשׁ; of uncertain derivation.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 36 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

concubine 21×concubines 13×more concubines 1×paramours 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: concubine, paramour.

Verses using פִּילֶגֶשׁ

All 34 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 22:24 · KJV

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

Genesis 25:6 · KJV

But unto the sons of the concubines, 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 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

Genesis 36:12 · KJV

And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.

Judges 8:31 · KJV

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

Judges 19:1 · KJV

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 out of Bethlehemjudah.

Judges 19:2 · KJV

And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.

Judges 19:9 · KJV

And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, 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 19:24 · KJV

Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; 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 · KJV

But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, 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 · KJV

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 was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.

Judges 19:29 · KJV

And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

Judges 20:4 · KJV

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, to lodge.

Judges 20:5 · KJV

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 have they forced, that she is dead.

Judges 20:6 · KJV

And I took my concubine, 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 · KJV

And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?

2 Samuel 5:13 · KJV

And David took him more concubines 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 · KJV

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

2 Samuel 16:21 · KJV

And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, 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 · KJV

So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

2 Samuel 19:5 · KJV

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;

2 Samuel 20:3 · KJV

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, 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 · KJV

And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

1 Kings 11:3 · KJV

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

1 Chronicles 1:32 · KJV

Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: 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 · KJV

And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.

1 Chronicles 2:48 · KJV

Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.

1 Chronicles 3:9 · KJV

These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

1 Chronicles 7:14 · KJV

The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

2 Chronicles 11:21 · KJV

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

Esther 2:14 · KJV

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: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

Song of Solomon 6:8 · KJV

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

Song of Solomon 6:9 · KJV

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, and they praised her.

Ezekiel 23:20 · KJV

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6370 mean?

H6370 is the Hebrew word פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pîylegesh), meaning a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour.

How is H6370 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it concubine (21 times), concubines (13 times), more concubines (1 time), paramours (1 time).

How many times does H6370 appear in the Bible?

פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pîylegesh) is tagged in 34 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6370 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or פִּלֶגֶשׁ; of uncertain derivation.

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