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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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Esther 2:14
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
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In the euening she went, and on the morrowe she returned into the second house of the women, to the custodie of Shaashgaz the kings chamberlen, which kept the concubines: shee came in vnto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that shee were called by name.

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