Zilpah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ZILPAH . A slave-girl given to Leah by Lahan, Genesis 29:24 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ), and by her to Jacob as a concubine, Genesis 30:9 (J [Note: Jahwist.] ); the mother of Gad and Asher, Genesis 30:10-13 (J [Note: Jahwist.] ), Genesis 35:26 , Genesis 37:3 , Genesis 46:16 (all P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ). Cf. art. Tribes of Israel.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Zil'pah. (a trickling). A Syrian, given by Laban, to his daughter Leah, as an attendant, Genesis 29:24, and by Leah, to Jacob, as a concubine. She was the mother of Gad and Asher. Genesis 30:9-13; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 37:2; Genesis 46:18. (B.C. 1753).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 29:24Genesis 46:18Genesis 30:9Genesis 37:2Genesis 30:1030:12Genesis 35:26

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Leah's handmaid, given by Laban (Genesis 29:24) and by Leah to Jacob, who by her begat Gad and Asher (Genesis 30:9-13; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 37:2; Genesis 46:18).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Handmaid of Leah, by whom Jacob became father of Gad and Asher. Genesis 29:24; Genesis 30:9-12; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 37:2; Genesis 46:18 .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

The maid of Leah, who became the secondary wife of Jacob, and the mother of Gad and Asher, Genesis 29:24; 30:9-13 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 30:9-13

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

zil´pa ( זלפּה , zilpāh , meaning uncertain; Ζελφά , Zelphá ): The ancestress of Gad and Asher ( Genesis 30:10 , Genesis 30:12; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 46:18 ), a slave girl of Leah's, given her by Laban (Genesis 29:24; Genesis 30:9 ). In Ezek 48 the Zilpah tribes have the 5th division toward the South of Palestine and the 6th to the North, a slightly more favorable position than that of the Bilhah tribes.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Tsilpah', זַלַפָּה, a trickling; Sept. Ζελφά v.r. Ζελφάν; Josephus, Ζελφά,l Ant. 1, 19,7; Vulg. Zelpha), a female servant of Laban, whom he gave to Leah on her marriage with Jacob (Genesis 29:24), and whom Leah eventually induced him to take as a concubine wife, in which capacity she became the mother of Gad and Asher (Genesis 30:9-13; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 37:2; Genesis 46, 18). B.C. 1919.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Zil´pah (a dropping), a female servant of Laban, whom he gave to Leah on her marriage with Jacob (), and whom Leah eventually induced him to take as a concubine-wife; in which capacity she became the mother of Gad and Asher (; ; ; ).