Lexical Definition

‎פִּילֶגֶשׁ‎ pîylegesh (pee-leh'-ghesh) concubine ^H:N-F
or פִּלֶגֶשׁ pilegesh (peeleh'-ghesh); of uncertain derivation

concubine, paramour.

• a concubine
• also (masculine) a paramour

1) concubine, paramour
1a) concubine
1b) paramour

See Greek: γυνή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פִּלֶ֫גֶשׁ‎, ‎פִּילֶ֫גֶשׁ‎₃₇ noun feminine concubine (Late Hebrew id.; ‎ᵑ7‎^J ‎(פַּלְקְתָא) פִּילַּקְתָּא‎, perhaps influenced by Greek παλλακή, παλλακίς (properly young girl), Latin pellex; originally Greek word according to Sta^{G. i. 380}, compare also Lewy^{Fremdw. 66f}; on possibly Hittite origin see Jen^{ZMG xiviii (1894), 468 ff.}); — ‎׳‎‎פִּ‎ absolute 2Sam 3:7, construct 2Sam 21:11, ‎׳‎‎פִּי‎ absolute Gen 36:12; Judg 19:1, construct Gen 35:22 + 4 t.; suffix ‎פִּילַגְשׁוֺ‎ Gen 22:24 +, ‎שֵׁהוּ‎- Judg 19:24 ‎שִׁי‎- Judg 20:4 + 2 t.; plural ‎פִּלַגְשִׁים‎ 2Sam 5:13 + 2 t., ‎׳‎‎פִּי‎ Gen 25:6 + 5 t.; construct ‎פִּלַגְשֵׁי‎ 2Sam 16:21; 2Sam 16:22 suffix ‎פִּילַגְשָׁיו‎ 2Chr 11:21, ‎פִּלַגְשֶׁיךָ‎ 2Sam 19:6*, ‎פִּלַגְשֵׁיהֶם‎ Ezek 23:20 —

1. concubine Gen 22:24; Gen 25:6; Gen 35:22; Gen 36:12; Judg 8:31; Judg 19:1 + 10 t. Judg 19:20; 2Sam 3:7 (twice in verse) + 7 t. 2 Samuel; 1Kgs 11:3; 1Chr 1:32 + 6 t. Chronicles; Esth 2:14; Song 6:8; Song 6:9.

2. either = paramour (perhaps contempt.; ὁ πάλλαξ = youth), or < concubinage Ezek 23:20 (figurative of Jerusalem doting on Babylon).

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