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== | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34772" /> == | ||
<p> 1. Rachel's handmaid (Genesis 29:29). Rachel having no children gave [[Bilhah]] to her husband Jacob, who by the latter had two sons, Dan and [[Naphtali]] (Genesis 30:1-8; [[Genesis]] 35:25; Genesis 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13). Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, defiled her, and was therefore deprived of the birthright, which was given to the sons of [[Joseph]] (Genesis 35:22; Genesis 49:4; 1 Chronicles 5:1). [[Blunt]] says, so vivid was the desire for the promised Redeemer, that "the wife provoked, instead of resenting, the faithlessness of her husband, the mother taught her own child deceit, daughters deliberately worked their own and their fathers' shame, and the daughter-in-law courted the incestuous bed, and to be childless was a by-word" (Genesis 16:2; Genesis 30:3; Genesis 30:9; Genesis 25:23; Genesis 27:13; Genesis 19:31; Genesis 38:14). </p> <p> 2. A [[Simeonite]] town (1 Chronicles 4:29), named also [[Baalah]] or [[Balah]] (Joshua 19:3). </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49724" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> BILHAH </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . A slave-girl given to Rachel by [[Laban]] ( Genesis 29:29 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] )), and by her to [[Jacob]] as a concubine ( Genesis 30:3-4 (JE [Note: [[Jewish]] Encyclopedia.] )); the mother of Dan and Naphtali ( Genesis 30:4; Genesis 30:7 (JE [Note: Jewish Encyclopedia.] ) Genesis 35:25 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ) Genesis 46:25 (R [Note: Redactor.] ), 1 Chronicles 7:13 ). She was guilty of incest with [[Reuben]] ( Genesis 35:22 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] )). The etymology is uncertain. These narratives and genealogies probably embody early traditions as to the origin and mutual relations of the tribes, rather than personal history. Tribes are traced to a concubine ancestress, because they were’ a late accession to Israel. <strong> 2 </strong> . A Simeonite city ( 1 Chronicles 4:29 ) = <strong> Baalah </strong> ( Joshua 15:29 ), <strong> Balah </strong> ( Joshua 19:3 ), and, according to some, <strong> [[Baalath]] </strong> ( Joshua 19:44 , 1 Kings 9:18 , 2 Chronicles 8:6 ). Site uncertain. </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65202" /> == | |||
<p> 1. [[Handmaid]] of Rachel, and mother of Dan and Naphtali. Genesis 29:29; Genesis 30:3-7; Genesis 35:22,25; Genesis 37:2; Genesis 46:25 . </p> <p> 2. Town in Simeon, 1 Chronicles 4:29 : the same as BALAH in Joshua 19:3 . See BAALAH. </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71656" /> == | |||
<p> Bil'hah. (timid, bashful). Handmaid of Rachel, Genesis 29:29, and concubine of Jacob, to whom she bore Dan and Naphtali. Genesis 30:3-8; Genesis 35:25; Genesis 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13. (B.C 53). </p> | |||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15589" /> == | |||
<p> The handmaid of Rachel, given by her to her husband Jacob when herself childless, that she might become a mother through her handmaid. Bilhah was the mother of Dan and Naphtali, Genesis 30:1 - 8 . </p> | |||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80258" /> == | |||
<p> Rachel's handmaid, given by her to Jacob her husband, as a concubinary wife, that, through her she might have a son, Genesis 30:3-4 , &c. See BARRENNESS . </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38916" /> == | |||
Genesis 29:29Genesis 29:29Genesis 30:4-7 | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30766" /> == | |||
Genesis 29:29Genesis 30:3-8 | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_25341" /> == | |||
<p> (Heb. Bilhah', בַּלְהָה , faltering, i.e. perh. bashful),' the name of a woman and of a place. </p> <p> 1. (Sept. Βαλλά ) The handmaid (Genesis 29:29) whom the childless Rachel bestowed as a concubine upon her husband Jacob, that through her she might have children. B.C. 191t. Bilhah thus became the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Genesis 30:3-8; Genesis 35:25; Genesis 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13). Her stepson Reuben afterward lay with her (Genesis 35:22), B.C. cir. 1890, and thus incurred his father's dying reproof (Genesis 49:4). </p> <p> 2. (Sept. Βαλαά .) A place belonging to the tribe of [[Simeon]] (1 Chronicles 4:29), called BALAH (See [[Balah]]) (q.v.) in Joshua 19:3; and it seems to be the same which is called BAALAH in Joshua 15:29. </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15202" /> == | |||
<p> Bil´hah, the handmaid whom the childless Rachel bestowed upon her husband Jacob, that through her she might have children. Bilhah became the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Genesis 30:1-8). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_34772"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/bilhah Bilhah from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_34772"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/bilhah Bilhah from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_49724"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/bilhah Bilhah from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | <ref name="term_49724"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/bilhah Bilhah from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
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<ref name="term_71656"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/bilhah Bilhah from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_71656"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/bilhah Bilhah from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_15589"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/bilhah Bilhah from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_80258"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/bilhah Bilhah from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_80258"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/bilhah Bilhah from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_38916"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/bilhah Bilhah from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_30766"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/bilhah Bilhah from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_25341"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bilhah Bilhah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_25341"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bilhah Bilhah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_15202"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/bilhah Bilhah from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 13:43, 12 October 2021
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
1. Rachel's handmaid (Genesis 29:29). Rachel having no children gave Bilhah to her husband Jacob, who by the latter had two sons, Dan and Naphtali (Genesis 30:1-8; Genesis 35:25; Genesis 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13). Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, defiled her, and was therefore deprived of the birthright, which was given to the sons of Joseph (Genesis 35:22; Genesis 49:4; 1 Chronicles 5:1). Blunt says, so vivid was the desire for the promised Redeemer, that "the wife provoked, instead of resenting, the faithlessness of her husband, the mother taught her own child deceit, daughters deliberately worked their own and their fathers' shame, and the daughter-in-law courted the incestuous bed, and to be childless was a by-word" (Genesis 16:2; Genesis 30:3; Genesis 30:9; Genesis 25:23; Genesis 27:13; Genesis 19:31; Genesis 38:14).
2. A Simeonite town (1 Chronicles 4:29), named also Baalah or Balah (Joshua 19:3).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
BILHAH . 1 . A slave-girl given to Rachel by Laban ( Genesis 29:29 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] )), and by her to Jacob as a concubine ( Genesis 30:3-4 (JE [Note: Jewish Encyclopedia.] )); the mother of Dan and Naphtali ( Genesis 30:4; Genesis 30:7 (JE [Note: Jewish Encyclopedia.] ) Genesis 35:25 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ) Genesis 46:25 (R [Note: Redactor.] ), 1 Chronicles 7:13 ). She was guilty of incest with Reuben ( Genesis 35:22 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] )). The etymology is uncertain. These narratives and genealogies probably embody early traditions as to the origin and mutual relations of the tribes, rather than personal history. Tribes are traced to a concubine ancestress, because they were’ a late accession to Israel. 2 . A Simeonite city ( 1 Chronicles 4:29 ) = Baalah ( Joshua 15:29 ), Balah ( Joshua 19:3 ), and, according to some, Baalath ( Joshua 19:44 , 1 Kings 9:18 , 2 Chronicles 8:6 ). Site uncertain.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
1. Handmaid of Rachel, and mother of Dan and Naphtali. Genesis 29:29; Genesis 30:3-7; Genesis 35:22,25; Genesis 37:2; Genesis 46:25 .
2. Town in Simeon, 1 Chronicles 4:29 : the same as BALAH in Joshua 19:3 . See BAALAH.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]
Bil'hah. (timid, bashful). Handmaid of Rachel, Genesis 29:29, and concubine of Jacob, to whom she bore Dan and Naphtali. Genesis 30:3-8; Genesis 35:25; Genesis 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13. (B.C 53).
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [5]
The handmaid of Rachel, given by her to her husband Jacob when herself childless, that she might become a mother through her handmaid. Bilhah was the mother of Dan and Naphtali, Genesis 30:1 - 8 .
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary [6]
Rachel's handmaid, given by her to Jacob her husband, as a concubinary wife, that, through her she might have a son, Genesis 30:3-4 , &c. See BARRENNESS .
Holman Bible Dictionary [7]
Genesis 29:29Genesis 29:29Genesis 30:4-7
Easton's Bible Dictionary [8]
Genesis 29:29Genesis 30:3-8
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]
(Heb. Bilhah', בַּלְהָה , faltering, i.e. perh. bashful),' the name of a woman and of a place.
1. (Sept. Βαλλά ) The handmaid (Genesis 29:29) whom the childless Rachel bestowed as a concubine upon her husband Jacob, that through her she might have children. B.C. 191t. Bilhah thus became the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Genesis 30:3-8; Genesis 35:25; Genesis 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13). Her stepson Reuben afterward lay with her (Genesis 35:22), B.C. cir. 1890, and thus incurred his father's dying reproof (Genesis 49:4).
2. (Sept. Βαλαά .) A place belonging to the tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:29), called BALAH (See Balah) (q.v.) in Joshua 19:3; and it seems to be the same which is called BAALAH in Joshua 15:29.
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [10]
Bil´hah, the handmaid whom the childless Rachel bestowed upon her husband Jacob, that through her she might have children. Bilhah became the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Genesis 30:1-8).
References
- ↑ Bilhah from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bilhah from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Bilhah from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bilhah from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bilhah from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bilhah from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
- ↑ Bilhah from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bilhah from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bilhah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Bilhah from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
