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concubines

Meaning of “concubines”

Women held in a recognized secondary marital or household relation to a man, distinct from wives of primary rank.

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17 occurrences16 verses8 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 25:6

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2 Chronicles 11:21
And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 11:21 · retained source text

And Rehoboam loued Maacah the daughter of Absalom, aboue all his wiues and his concubines: for he tooke eighteene wiues, and threescore concubines, and begate twentie and eight sonnes, and threescore daughters.

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