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STRONGS NUMBER H6370
Transliteration: pilegesh
Phonetic Spelling: (pee-leh'-ghesh)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: concubine
Meaning: a concubine, a paramour
Word Summary
pilegesh: concubine
Original Word: פִילֶגֶשׁTransliteration: pilegesh
Phonetic Spelling: (pee-leh'-ghesh)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: concubine
Meaning: a concubine, a paramour
Strong's Concordance
concubine, paramour Or pilegesh {pee-leh'-ghesh}; of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour -- concubine, paramour.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6370. pilegesh
מִּילֶ֫גֶשׁ מִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ,37
noun feminine concubine (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7J מִּילַּקְתָּא (מַּלְקְתָא), perhaps influenced by Greek παλλακή, παλλακίς (properly young girl), Latin pellex; originally Greek word according to StaG. i. 380, compare also LewyFremdw. 66f; on possibly Hittite origin see JenZMG xiviii (1894), 468 ff.); — ׳מִּ absolute 2 Samuel 3:7, construct 21:11, ׳מִּי absolute Genesis 36:12; Judges 19:1, construct Genesis 35:22 4t.; suffix מִּילַגְשׁוֺ 22:24 +, שֵׁהוּ- Judges 19:24; שִׁי- 20:4 2t.; plural מִּלַגְשִׁים 2 Samuel 5:13 2t., ׳מִּי Genesis 25:6 5t.; construct מִּלַגְשֵׁי 2 Samuel 16:21-22, suffix מִּילַגְשָׁיו2 Chronicles 11:21, מִּלַגְשֶׁיךָ 2 Samuel 19:6, מִּלַגְשֵׁיהֶם Ezekiel 23:20; —
1 concubine Genesis 22:24; 25:6; 35:22; 36:12; Judges 8:31; 19:1 10t. 19:20; 2 Samuel 3:7 (twice in verse) + 7 t. 2Samuel; 1 Kings 11:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32 6t. Chronicles; Esther 2:14; Song of Solomon 6:8-9,.
2 either = paramour (perhaps contempt.; ὁ πάλλαξ = youth), or < concubinage Ezekiel 23:20 (figurative of Jerusalem doting on Babylon).