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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Isaiah 39:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
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Isaiah 42:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
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Isaiah 45:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
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Isaiah 49:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
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Isaiah 51:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
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Isaiah 54:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
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Isaiah 55:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
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Isaiah 59:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
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Isaiah 65:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them.
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Isaiah 66:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
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Isaiah 66:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
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Isaiah 66:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
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Jeremiah 2:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
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Jeremiah 6:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
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Jeremiah 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
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Jeremiah 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
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Jeremiah 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
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Jeremiah 16:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:
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Jeremiah 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
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Jeremiah 20:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.
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Jeremiah 20:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
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Jeremiah 22:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
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Jeremiah 22:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.
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Jeremiah 29:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
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Jeremiah 30:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
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Jeremiah 31:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
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Jeremiah 49:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.
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Jeremiah 50:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
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Jeremiah 50:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
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Ezekiel 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
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Ezekiel 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.
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Ezekiel 16:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
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Ezekiel 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
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Ezekiel 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
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Ezekiel 23:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 23:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.
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Ezekiel 31:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.
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Ezekiel 47:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
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Daniel 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.
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Hosea 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
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Hosea 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
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Hosea 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.
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Hosea 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
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Hosea 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
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Hosea 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
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Hosea 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
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Hosea 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
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Micah 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
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Micah 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
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