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Topical Bible Verses

2 Samuel 5:13
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.
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1 Timothy 3:12
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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Strong's Hebrew

3904. lechenah -- a concubine
... 3903, 3904. lechenah. 3905 . a concubine. Transliteration: lechenah Phonetic
Spelling: (lekh-ay-naw') Short Definition: concubines. ...
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7705. shiddah -- perhaps a mistress
... 7704, 7705. shiddah. 7706 . perhaps a mistress. Transliteration: shiddah
Phonetic Spelling: (shid-dah') Short Definition: concubines. ...
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6370. pilegesh -- concubine
... Word Origin perhaps of foreign origin Definition concubine NASB Word Usage concubine
(22), concubines (14), paramours (1). concubine, paramour. ...
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1090. Bilhah -- a concubine of Jacob
... Bilhah From balahh; timid; Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of
a place in Palestine -- Bilhah. see HEBREW balahh. 1089, 1090. ...
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Library

The Eighty Concubines, What; the Knowledge of the Incarnation ...
... Chapter VI."The Eighty Concubines, What; The Knowledge of the Incarnation Communicated
to the Prophets. It still remains to speak concerning the concubines. ...
/.../chapter vi the eighty concubines what.htm

There are Threescore Queens and Fourscore Concubines, and virgins ...
... CHAPTER VI. 7. There are threescore queens and fourscore concubines, and
virgins without number. The Bridegroom declares that there ...
/.../guyon/song of songs of solomon/7 there are threescore queens.htm

The Passage Explained; the Queens, the Holy Souls Before the ...
... Chapter IV."The Passage Explained; The Queens, the Holy Souls Before the Deluge;
The Concubines, the Souls of the Prophets; The Divine Seed for Spiritual ...
/.../chapter iv the passage explained the.htm

What is Meant by Abraham's Marrying Keturah after Sarah's Death.
... covenant? For both are called both the wives and the concubines of Abraham;
but Sarah is never called a concubine (but only a wife). ...
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Whether it was ever Lawful to have a Concubine?
... Hence wherever in the Old Testament we read of concubines being taken by such men
as we ought to excuse from mortal sin, we must needs understand them to have ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether it was ever lawful 2.htm

But if Moreover any not Having Charity, which Pertaineth to the ...
... hereditary possessions in which we are "heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ:")
but some other which may be received even by the sons of concubines to whom ...
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Virgins Being Martyrs First among the Companions of Christ.
... Undoubtedly these are the souls whom the Word calls alone His chosen spouse and
His sister, but the rest concubines and virgins and daughters, speaking thus ...
/.../chapter iii virgins being martyrs first.htm

Belshazzar's Feast
... which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem;
that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/vii belshazzars feast.htm

The Unseen Watcher
... 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." The ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 43 the unseen watcher.htm

Concerning the Insurrection of Absalom against David and ...
... He committed himself to God, to judge between them about all their actions; and
left the care of his royal palace to his ten concubines, and went away from ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 concerning the insurrection.htm

Thesaurus

Concubines (18 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Concubines (18 Occurrences). Genesis 25:6 but
to the sons of Abraham's concubines, Abraham gave gifts. ...
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Women-concubines (1 Occurrence)
Women-concubines. Women-children, Women-concubines. Women's .
Multi-Version Concordance Women-concubines (1 Occurrence). ...
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Goblets (12 Occurrences)
... which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem;
that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from ...
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Consorts (3 Occurrences)
... which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem;
that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink ...
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Concubine (21 Occurrences)
... Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were
allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father. ...
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Women's (9 Occurrences)
... In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second women's
house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines...
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Queens (4 Occurrences)
... Queens (4 Occurrences). Song of Songs 6:8 There are sixty queens, eighty concubines,
and virgins without number. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Twenty-eight (13 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives
and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and ...
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Eighteen (22 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives
and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and ...
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Ma'acah (22 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives
and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and ...
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Bible Concordance

Concubines (18 Occurrences)

Genesis 25:6 but to the sons of Abraham's concubines, Abraham gave gifts. He sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.
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2 Samuel 5:13 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.
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2 Samuel 15:16 The king went forth, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
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2 Samuel 16:21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father's concubines, that he has left to keep the house. Then all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong."
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2 Samuel 16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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2 Samuel 19:5 Joab came into the house to the king, and said, "You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
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2 Samuel 20:3 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 custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn't go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
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1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
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1 Chronicles 3:9 All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
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2 Chronicles 11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
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Esther 2:14 In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second women's house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.
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Ecclesiastes 2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.
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Song of Songs 6:8 There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
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Song of Songs 6:9 My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
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Daniel 5:2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.
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Daniel 5:3 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 lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.
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Daniel 5:23 but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.
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Daniel 6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
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Subtopics

Concubines

Related Terms

Women-concubines (1 Occurrence)

Goblets (12 Occurrences)

Consorts (3 Occurrences)

Concubine (21 Occurrences)

Women's (9 Occurrences)

Queens (4 Occurrences)

Twenty-eight (13 Occurrences)

Eighteen (22 Occurrences)

Ma'acah (22 Occurrences)