Bilhah — the meaning of the Hebrew name בִּלְהָה

בִּלְהָה

Bilhâh · pronounced bil-haw' · Strong's H1090 · a woman and a place

Bilhah means timid.

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בָּלַהּ bâlahh (from, H1089) — to palpitate open in the lexicon ›

from H1089; timid; Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine.

Gen 29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. (KJV)

11 occurrences in 11 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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