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Zilpah <a href="../hebrew/2154.htm" title="2154">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Zilpah: Zilpah</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">זִלְפָה</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Zilpah<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ZIL-pah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(zil-paw)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Zilpah<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Zilpah<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Likely derived from an unused root meaning "to trickle" or "to drop."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for Zilpah in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as she is a specific historical figure from the Hebrew Bible.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Zilpah is a personal name in the Hebrew Bible, specifically referring to one of the two maidservants given to Jacob by his wives. She is the maidservant of Leah, Jacob's first wife, and becomes one of Jacob's concubines. Zilpah is the mother of two of Jacob's sons, Gad and Asher, who are among the twelve tribes of Israel.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the patriarchal society of ancient Israel, it was customary for a wife to give her maidservant to her husband as a concubine if she herself was unable to bear children or wished to increase the number of offspring. This practice is seen in the narratives of the patriarchs, reflecting the importance of lineage and inheritance. Zilpah's role as a maidservant and later as a concubine highlights the social dynamics and family structures of the time.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>one of Jacob's wives<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Zilpah (7).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">זלף</font> (√ of following; Thes compare Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">זְלַף</font> Pa`el <em>drop, drip</em>; compare <img src="/bdbgif/bdb027301.gif">; also Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">זִלּוּף</font> <em>sprinkling</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb027302.gif"> <em>dropping, pouring</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb027303.gif"> a <em>full bowl</em>, etc.) </p><p> <font class="hebrew2">זִלְמָּה</font> </p><p style="sub1"> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>Leah's maid</b></font>, one of Jacob's wives, mother of Gad and Asher <a href="/interlinear/genesis/29-24.htm">Genesis 29:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/genesis/30-9.htm">Genesis 30:9</a>,10,12 (all J), <a href="/interlinear/genesis/35-26.htm">Genesis 35:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/genesis/37-2.htm">Genesis 37:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/genesis/46-18.htm">Genesis 46:18</a> (all P). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Zilpah <p>: from an unused root apparently meaning to trickle, as myrrh; fragrant dropping; Zilpah, Leah's maid -- Zilpah. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>זִלְפָּ֔ה זִלְפָּ֖ה זִלְפָּ֛ה זִלְפָּ֣ה זִלְפָּה֙ זלפה zil·pāh zilPah zilpāh<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/29-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 29:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לָ֔הּ אֶת־ <b> זִלְפָּ֖ה </b> שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ לְלֵאָ֥ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> his maid <span class="itali">Zilpah</span> to his daughter<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Leah <span class="itali">Zilpah</span> his maid<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/29-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gave Laban <span class="itali">Zilpah</span> his maid Leah<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/30-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 30:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַתִּקַּח֙ אֶת־ <b> זִלְפָּ֣ה </b> שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּ וַתִּתֵּ֥ן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/30.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> her maid <span class="itali">Zilpah</span> and gave<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> she took <span class="itali">Zilpah</span> her maid,<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> bearing took <span class="itali">Zilpah</span> her maid and gave<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/30-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 30:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַתֵּ֗לֶד <b> זִלְפָּ֛ה </b> שִׁפְחַ֥ת לֵאָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/30.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Leah's maid <span class="itali">Zilpah</span> bore Jacob<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And Zilpah</span> Leah's maid<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> bore <span class="itali">Zilpah</span> maid Leah's<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/30-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 30:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַתֵּ֗לֶד <b> זִלְפָּה֙ </b> שִׁפְחַ֣ת לֵאָ֔ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/30.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Leah's maid <span class="itali">Zilpah</span> bore Jacob<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And Zilpah</span> Leah's maid<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/30-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> bore <span class="itali">Zilpah</span> maid Leah's<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/35-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 35:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/35.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וּבְנֵ֥י <b> זִלְפָּ֛ה </b> שִׁפְחַ֥ת לֵאָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/35.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the sons <span class="itali">of Zilpah,</span> Leah's maid:<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/35.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And the sons <span class="itali">of Zilpah,</span> Leah's<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/35-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the sons <span class="itali">of Zilpah</span> maid Leah's<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/37-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 37:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/37.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְאֶת־ בְּנֵ֥י <b> זִלְפָּ֖ה </b> נְשֵׁ֣י אָבִ֑יו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/37.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the sons <span class="itali">of Zilpah,</span> his father's<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/37.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and with the sons <span class="itali">of Zilpah,</span> his father's<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/37-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for and the sons <span class="itali">of Zilpah</span> wives his father's<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/46-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 46:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/46.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֵ֚לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י <b> זִלְפָּ֔ה </b> אֲשֶׁר־ נָתַ֥ן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/46.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> are the sons <span class="itali">of Zilpah,</span> whom<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/46.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> These [are] the sons <span class="itali">of Zilpah,</span> whom Laban<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/46-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> These are the sons <span class="itali">of Zilpah</span> whom gave<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2153.htm">7 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2153.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2153<br>7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/zilpah_2153.htm">zil·pāh — 7 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div 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