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Judges 8:31

“And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.” (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: וּ — conjunction
פִֽילַגְשׁ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
וֹ֙ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 37 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 22:24 Genesis 25:6 Genesis 35:22 Genesis 36:12 Judges 19:1

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 30 Verse 32

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.