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 30:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
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Genesis 30:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
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Genesis 30:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
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Genesis 30:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
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Genesis 30:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
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Genesis 30:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
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Genesis 31:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.
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Genesis 31:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
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Genesis 34:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
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Genesis 35:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
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Genesis 35:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
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Genesis 35:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
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Genesis 36:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,
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Genesis 36:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 36:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
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Genesis 36:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah (daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon) whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
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Genesis 38:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
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Genesis 38:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
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Genesis 38:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
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Genesis 38:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
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Genesis 38:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
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Genesis 40:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
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Genesis 41:50 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
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Genesis 44:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
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Genesis 46:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
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Genesis 46:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
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Genesis 46:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
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Genesis 46:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the sons of Rachel born to Jacob—fourteen in all.
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Genesis 46:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
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Genesis 46:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
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Genesis 48:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
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Genesis 48:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
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Genesis 50:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
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Exodus 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
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Exodus 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
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Exodus 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
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Exodus 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
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Exodus 1:19 · BSB · 3 occurrences
The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
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Exodus 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
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Exodus 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
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Exodus 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
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Exodus 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
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Exodus 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
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Exodus 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
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Exodus 6:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
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Exodus 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
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Leviticus 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
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Leviticus 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.
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Leviticus 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.
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Leviticus 22:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD.
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