פִּילֶגֶשׁ
pîylegesh · pee-leh'-ghesh
a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour
Lexicon
Derivation: or פִּלֶגֶשׁ; of uncertain derivation;
a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour
- a concubine
- also, (masculine) a paramour
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: concubine, paramour.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads › to carry, to lift up › to consume, to destroy
To speak, the word of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads that works to carry, to lift up that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּילֶגֶשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- concubine5 · 14%
- concubines5 · 14%
- and his concubine4 · 11%
- his concubine3 · 8%
- of the concubines2 · 5%
- was concubine1 · 3%
- to him a concubine1 · 3%
- he, and his concubine1 · 3%
- on his concubine1 · 3%
- i and my concubine1 · 3%
- me: and my concubine1 · 3%
- my concubine1 · 3%
- had a concubine1 · 3%
- him more concubines1 · 3%
- which were concubines1 · 3%
- of thy concubines1 · 3%
- his concubines1 · 3%
- the concubine1 · 3%
- but his concubine1 · 3%
- and his concubines1 · 3%
- the concubines1 · 3%
- and the concubines1 · 3%
- upon their paramours1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.