Zilpah

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proper noun

Handmaid of Leah and mother of Gad and Asher.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. biblicalHandmaid of Leah and mother of Gad and Asher.
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    Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22-26
  2. A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Origin

Old Testament Hebrew

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Translations

Ancient Greek Ζελφά
  • Ζελφά (Zelphá)handmaid of Leah
Greek Ζελφά
  • Ζελφά (Zelfá)handmaid of Leah
Hindi ज़िल्पा
  • ज़िल्पा (zilpā)handmaid of Leah
Māori Tiripa
  • Tiripahandmaid of Leah
Russian Зе́лфа
  • Зе́лфа (Zélfa)handmaid of Leah
Spanish Zilpa
  • Zilpahandmaid of Leah

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Zilpha
Cite this entry
APA

Zilpah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zilpah

MLA

“Zilpah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zilpah. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zilpah,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zilpah.

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