ya.lad H3205

יָלַד (ya.lad) means “to beget” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

יָלַד Hebrew · H3205 496 tagged occurrences in 403 verses

Pronunciation guide: yaw-lad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3205

יָלַד · ya.lad · to beget

1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

KJV glosses: bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).

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How translators render H3205

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
was the father of	102
bore	20
were born	19
and gave birth to	17
he had become the father of	17
he became the father of	16
born	11
gave birth to	10
and had other	9
and had	8
and she bore	8
like a woman in labor	8
and bore	7
had borne	7
and give birth to	5
became the father of	5
is born	5
was born	5
and she gave birth to	3
give birth	3
she bore	3
the midwives	3
was the mother	3
and give birth	2
and they bore	2
baby	2
bear	2
children	2
descendants	2
gave birth	2
gives birth to	2
has begotten	2
having children	2
i have borne	2
labor	2
like that of a woman in labor	2
she bears	2
she gave birth	2
she gave birth to	2
they have borne	2
to deliver them	2
to give birth	2
was descended	2
who bore him	2
who was the father of	2
will be born	2
a man fathers	1
a midwife	1
after i gave birth	1
and about to give birth	1
and became the father	1
and births	1
and brought you forth	1
and gave birth	1
and gives birth to	1
and have	1
and he had	1
and he was the father	1
and he who fathers	1
and her father	1
and her labor	1
and i gave birth	1
and may she who gave you birth	1
and recorded their ancestry	1
and she bears	1
and sons were also born	1
and their children	1
and who was the father	1
and will bear	1
and women in labor	1
are born	1
as she was giving birth	1
be delivered	1
bear a child	1
bear children	1
bearing	1
became the father	1
began to give birth	1
bore him	1
bore me	1
borne	1
can a child be born	1
can be born	1
can one born	1
deliver it	1
ever born	1
father	1
for a woman giving birth	1
for tamar to give birth	1
from bearing children	1
gave me birth	1
gave you birth	1
gave you life	1
give them birth	1
had	1
had a baby	1
had been born	1
had children	1
had given birth to	1
had sons	1
has been born	1
has borne	1
has given birth	1
has given him birth	1
have	1
have become your father	1
have you begotten	1
he also had sons	1
he had	1
he had a son	1
he was born	1
he will become the father	1
her newborn fawn	1
i bore him	1
i had borne	1
i have borne him	1
i was born	1
in labor	1
lay	1
leah gave birth to	1
making it bud	1
may bring	1
may father	1
midwives	1
now suppose that man has	1
of a woman in labor	1
of birth	1
of her birth	1
of my birth	1
of the children born	1
of you were born	1
of your birth	1
one was born	1
or given birth	1
or one born	1
own flesh and blood	1
produced	1
she gives birth to	1
she was also the mother	1
she who bore you	1
she who is in labor	1
so she gave birth to	1
so that they could again bear children	1
so that they too may have	1
so the midwife	1
so when that man has	1
sons were born	1
suppose this son has	1
takes effect	1
that she gave birth to him	1
that she may bear children	1
the father of	1
the midwife	1
the midwives however	1
the mother	1
then she gave birth to	1
they bear children	1
they bore	1
they give birth	1
to be born	1
to bear	1
to her who bore him	1
to the midwives	1
was	1
we gave birth to	1
were brought up	1
when the twins were born	1
who bears no children	1
who bore	1
who bore her	1
who brought you forth	1
who deliver	1
who fathered	1
who gave birth to	1
who is born	1
who is to be born	1
whom she bore	1
will bear	1
with no birth	1
women give birth	1
yet to be born	1
yet unborn	1
you bore	1
you give birth to	1
you have	1
you have borne me	1
you have given birth to	1
you will bring forth	1
you will father	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
begat	116
bare	39
and begat	35
and bare	20
he begat	17
and she bare	14
born	11
were born	9
was born	8
which were born	6
again and bare	5
and bear	4
and he begat	4
as of a woman in travail	4
is born	4
she bare	4
be born	3
she also bare	3
that begat	3
which bare	3
which she bare	3
and bring forth	2
and brought forth	2
and they bare	2
bear	2
bearing	2
bring forth	2
child	2
children	2
from thee which thou shalt beget	2
hath born	2
have i begotten	2
labour	2
shall be born	2
shall bear	2
she brought forth	2
that bare	2
that shall be born	2
that she bare	2
to be delivered	2
to bring forth	2
when she bare	2
wherein i was born	2
whom she bare	2
after that i was delivered	1
also begat	1
also calved	1
also there was born	1
and are delivered	1
and bearest	1
and beget	1
and born	1
and hatcheth	1
and he also was born	1
and he also was the son	1
and he begetteth	1
and he that begetteth	1
and her that travaileth with child	1
and i was delivered of a child	1
and it came to pass because the midwives	1
and it came to pass when she travailed	1
and maketh it bring forth	1
and not cause to bring forth	1
and shalt bear	1
and she have born	1
and she that bare	1
and should also bear	1
and such as are born	1
and the midwife	1
and the midwives	1
and there were born	1
and these she bare	1
and these were born	1
and they declared their pedigrees	1
and they have born	1
and they were mine and they bare	1
as a woman in travail	1
as a woman that travaileth	1
beareth	1
because i bare	1
because thou wast then born	1
beget	1
birthday	1
bring forth their young	1
brought forth	1
but if she bear	1
but the midwives	1
cause to bring forth	1
did bear	1
didst not bear	1
doth travail with child	1
for her that hath born	1
for i have born	1
for the midwives	1
for they have begotten	1
from bearing	1
from the birth	1
had born	1
hath brought forth	1
he beget	1
he had begotten	1
he that begetteth	1
her and he that begat	1
her as a woman in travail	1
herself and travailed	1
if he beget	1
in travail	1
is brought forth	1
like a travailing woman	1
like a woman in travail	1
may bring forth	1
midwives	1
nor bring forth	1
not for thou hast born	1
not nor bring forth children	1
of a travailing woman	1
of a woman that travaileth	1
of her that bare	1
of her travail	1
of ones birth	1
or who hath begotten	1
shall he beget	1
she hath also born	1
she hath brought forth	1
she that bare	1
she that hath borne	1
she which travaileth	1
should be born	1
that are begotten	1
that are born	1
that come	1
that she was born	1
that the midwife	1
that they may bear	1
that thou hast borne	1
that thou wast born	1
that was born	1
that were born	1
the midwives	1
the time of her delivery	1
thee as a woman in travail	1
them and begat	1
then bare	1
there were born	1
these were born	1
thou hast brought me forth	1
thou shalt beget	1
thou shalt bring forth	1
thou wast born	1
to be born	1
to her that bare	1
travailed	1
unto her and she shall bear	1
unto me because i have born	1
was delivered	1
were brought forth	1
were brought up	1
what begettest	1
when they bring forth	1
when thou shalt beget	1
when ye do the office of a midwife	1
where ye were not born	1
which i did bear	1
which she beareth	1
which she had born	1
which she shall bear	1
which they have born	1
which thou begettest	1
who hath begotten	1
who hath gendered	1
who was born	1
whom she brought up	1
whom they bare	1
whom thou hast borne	1
with her and she bare	1
with me because i have born	1
with the midwives	1
with you which they begat	1
ye shall bring forth	1
yea though they bring forth	1
you which shall beget	1

Verses containing H3205

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Genesis 11:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Genesis 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
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Genesis 11:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Genesis 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
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Genesis 11:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Genesis 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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Genesis 11:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
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Genesis 16:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
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Genesis 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
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Genesis 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
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Genesis 16:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
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Genesis 16:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
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Genesis 17:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
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Genesis 17:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
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Genesis 17:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
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Genesis 17:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
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Genesis 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
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Genesis 19:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
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Genesis 19:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
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Genesis 20:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
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Genesis 21:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
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Genesis 21:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
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Genesis 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
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Genesis 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
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Genesis 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
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Genesis 22:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
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Genesis 22:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
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Genesis 22:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
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Genesis 24:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
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Genesis 24:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
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Genesis 24:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
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Genesis 24:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
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Genesis 25:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
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Genesis 25:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
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Genesis 25:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
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Genesis 25:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
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Genesis 25:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
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Genesis 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
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Genesis 29:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
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Genesis 29:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
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Genesis 29:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
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Genesis 29:35 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
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Genesis 30:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
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Genesis 30:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
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Genesis 30:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
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Genesis 30:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
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Genesis 30:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
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Genesis 30:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
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Genesis 30:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
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Genesis 30:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
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