Hebrew word study

יָלַדyâlad to bear young

Pronounced “yaw-lad'

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

Translated in the King James as: 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).

Appears 489 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 167×
Genesis 3:16Genesis 4:1Genesis 4:2Genesis 4:17Genesis 4:18Genesis 4:20Genesis 4:22Genesis 4:25Genesis 4:26Genesis 5:3Genesis 5:4Genesis 5:6Genesis 5:7Genesis 5:9Genesis 5:10Genesis 5:12Genesis 5:13Genesis 5:15Genesis 5:16Genesis 5:18Genesis 5:19Genesis 5:21Genesis 5:22Genesis 5:25Genesis 5:26+ 142 more in Genesis
Exodus 15×
Exodus 1:15Exodus 1:16Exodus 1:17Exodus 1:18Exodus 1:19Exodus 1:20Exodus 1:21Exodus 2:2Exodus 2:22Exodus 6:20Exodus 6:23Exodus 6:25Exodus 21:4+ 2 more in Exodus
Leviticus 5×
Leviticus 12:2Leviticus 12:5Leviticus 12:7Leviticus 22:27Leviticus 25:45
Numbers 7×
Numbers 1:18Numbers 11:12Numbers 26:29Numbers 26:58Numbers 26:59Numbers 26:60+ 1 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 8×
Deuteronomy 4:25Deuteronomy 15:19Deuteronomy 21:15Deuteronomy 23:8Deuteronomy 25:6Deuteronomy 28:41Deuteronomy 28:57Deuteronomy 32:18
Judges 11×
Judges 8:31Judges 11:1Judges 11:2Judges 13:2Judges 13:3Judges 13:5Judges 13:7Judges 13:8Judges 13:24Judges 18:29+ 1 more in Judges
Ruth 14×
Ruth 1:12Ruth 4:12Ruth 4:13Ruth 4:15Ruth 4:17Ruth 4:18Ruth 4:19Ruth 4:20Ruth 4:21Ruth 4:22+ 4 more in Ruth
1 Samuel 6×
1 Sam 1:201 Sam 2:51 Sam 2:211 Sam 4:191 Sam 4:20+ 1 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel 11×
2 Sam 3:22 Sam 3:52 Sam 5:132 Sam 11:272 Sam 12:152 Sam 12:242 Sam 14:272 Sam 21:82 Sam 21:202 Sam 21:22+ 1 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings 9×
1 Ki 1:61 Ki 3:171 Ki 3:181 Ki 3:211 Ki 3:261 Ki 3:271 Ki 11:201 Ki 13:2+ 1 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings 2×
2 Ki 4:172 Ki 19:3
1 Chronicles 116×
1 Chr 1:101 Chr 1:111 Chr 1:131 Chr 1:181 Chr 1:191 Chr 1:201 Chr 1:321 Chr 1:341 Chr 2:31 Chr 2:41 Chr 2:91 Chr 2:101 Chr 2:111 Chr 2:121 Chr 2:131 Chr 2:171 Chr 2:181 Chr 2:191 Chr 2:201 Chr 2:211 Chr 2:221 Chr 2:241 Chr 2:291 Chr 2:351 Chr 2:36+ 91 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 5×
2 Chr 11:192 Chr 11:202 Chr 11:212 Chr 13:212 Chr 24:3
Ezra 1×
Ezra 10:3
Nehemiah 4×
Nehemiah 12:10Nehemiah 12:11+ 2 more in Nehemiah
Job 14×
Job 3:3Job 5:7Job 11:12Job 14:1Job 15:7Job 15:14Job 15:35Job 24:21Job 25:4Job 38:21Job 38:28Job 38:29Job 39:1Job 39:2
Psalms 9×
Psalms 2:7Psalms 7:14Psalms 22:31Psalms 48:6Psalms 78:6Psalms 87:4Psalms 87:5Psalms 87:6Psalms 90:2
Proverbs 7×
Proverbs 17:17Proverbs 17:21Proverbs 17:25Proverbs 23:22Proverbs 23:24Proverbs 23:25Proverbs 27:1
Ecclesiastes 5×
Eccles 3:2Eccles 4:14Eccles 5:14Eccles 6:3Eccles 7:1
Song of Solomon 2×
Song 6:9Song 8:5
Isaiah 24×
Isaiah 7:14Isaiah 8:3Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 13:8Isaiah 21:3Isaiah 23:4Isaiah 26:17Isaiah 26:18Isaiah 33:11Isaiah 37:3Isaiah 39:7Isaiah 42:14Isaiah 45:10Isaiah 49:21Isaiah 51:18Isaiah 54:1Isaiah 55:10Isaiah 59:4Isaiah 65:23Isaiah 66:7Isaiah 66:8Isaiah 66:9+ 2 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah 23×
Jeremiah 2:27Jeremiah 6:24Jeremiah 13:21Jeremiah 14:5Jeremiah 15:9Jeremiah 15:10Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 17:11Jeremiah 20:14Jeremiah 20:15Jeremiah 22:23Jeremiah 22:26Jeremiah 29:6Jeremiah 30:6Jeremiah 31:8Jeremiah 49:24Jeremiah 50:12Jeremiah 50:43+ 5 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel 8×
Ezekiel 16:5Ezekiel 16:20Ezekiel 18:10Ezekiel 18:14Ezekiel 23:4Ezekiel 23:37Ezekiel 31:6Ezekiel 47:22
Daniel 1×
Daniel 11:6
Hosea 8×
Hosea 1:3Hosea 1:6Hosea 1:8Hosea 2:3Hosea 5:7Hosea 9:11Hosea 9:16Hosea 13:13
Micah 4×
Micah 4:9Micah 4:10Micah 5:3+ 1 more in Micah
Zephaniah 1×
Zeph 2:2
Zechariah 2×
Zech 13:3+ 1 more in Zechariah

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