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'Concubines' in the Bible

But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

Verse ConceptsGroups Sent Away

And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesPolygamyDavid's Wives

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesTen People

And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

Verse ConceptsNosesOffenceOne FleshSmellsPeople Being Hated

So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Verse ConceptsImmorality, Examples Of SexualRoofTentsRooftopSeeing People

And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

Verse ConceptsConcubinesIndividuals Saving Others

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

Verse ConceptsHousesWidowsAbsence Of SexTen PeopleIndividuals going homeActual Widows

These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

Verse ConceptsConcubinesEighteenTwenty Some

In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

Verse ConceptsIn The MorningOthers Summoning

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

Verse ConceptsDealing With Many PeopleEighties

My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

Verse ConceptsUnique IndividualsPraising Specific PeopleMan's FavouriteBeing Unique

Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

Verse ConceptsPolygamySilverHoly VesselsSacred VesselsSacrilegeGold TransferredOther Wives

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

Verse ConceptsGold Items For The TabernaclOther Wives

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Verse ConceptsDeafnessFaultsConcubinesGovernmentGreed, Condemnation OfHand Of GodIronLife, HumanUnreliabilityDrinking WineGod Giving BreathIdols Not SeeingBeing Without UnderstandingNature Of GodOther WivesTemple Utensils RemovedWood And StoneBronze For Idols

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פּלגשׁ פּילגשׁ 
Piylegesh 
Usage: 37

לחנה 
L@chenah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

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