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1 Chronicles 2:48

“Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

פִּילֶגֶשׁpîylegesh · pee-leh'-ghesh
H6370 · Hebrew

Definition: a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour
Derivation: or פִּלֶגֶשׁ; of uncertain derivation;
KJV renderings: concubine, paramour.
Grammar: פִּלֶ֤גֶשׁ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
Code HNcfsc
Usage: Occurs 37 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 22:24 Genesis 25:6 Genesis 35:22 Genesis 36:12 Judges 8:31

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פִּילֶגֶשׁ here.

Verse 47 Verse 49

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.