And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of.
Source: tatoeba (7866917)
Concubine
//ˈkɑŋkjəbaɪn//
Synonyms for "concubine" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
Noun(19 words)
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7 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- παλλακή noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- παλλακίς noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Arabic
1 entries- سُرِّيَة noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܕܪܘܟܬܐ noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Armenian
1 entries- հարճ noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Basque
1 entries- ohaide noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Belarusian
1 entries- нало́жніца noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Bikol Central
1 entries- sambay noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Bulgarian
1 entries- нало́жница noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Catalan
1 entries- concubina noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 側室 /侧室 noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- 妃 noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- 妾 noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- 姨太太 noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Czech
1 entries- konkubína noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Danish
1 entries- konkubine noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Esperanto
1 entries- kromvirino noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Finnish
1 entries- jalkavaimo noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
French
1 entries- concubine noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
German
1 entries- Konkubine noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Greek
1 entries- παλλακίδα noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Hebrew
1 entries- פִּילֶגֶשׁ noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Hungarian
1 entries- ágyas noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Indonesian
1 entries- selir noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Irish
2 entries- bean leapa noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- bean luí noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Japanese
3 entries- めかけ noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- 側室 noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- 妾 noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Korean
1 entries- 첩 noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Latin
4 entries- amāsia noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- amīca noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- concubīna noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- coniūnx noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Macedonian
1 entries- наложница noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠠᠰᡳᡥᠠᠨ ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- ᡤᡠᠸᡝᠯᡝᡴᡠ noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Manx
1 entries- colhiabbagh noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- konkubine noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- konkubine noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Old Georgian
1 entries- ხარჭი noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Polish
3 entries- konkubentka noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- konkubina noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- nieślubna noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Portuguese
3 entries- amásia noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- barregã noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- concubina noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Russian
2 entries- нало́жница noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- содержа́нка noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- konkubina noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- конкубина noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Slovak
1 entries- konkubína noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Spanish
1 entries- concubina noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Swahili
1 entries- suria noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Swedish
1 entries- konkubin noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Tagalog
2 entries- kabit noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- kalaguyo noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Thai
1 entries- (พระ~)สนม noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нало́жниця noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nàng hầu noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- vợ lẻ noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Welsh
3 entries- cywelyes noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- gordderch noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
- gordderchwraig noun (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Ker's mother was forced to be a concubine and to work in the garden, and Ker was forced to gather red hibiscus leaves for tea and to tend to the goats.
Source: tatoeba (11046913)
Rima was Gabriel’s concubine.
Source: tatoeba (11757874)
And that is more than I will yield unto: / I know I am too mean to be your queen, / And yet too good to be your concubine.
Source: wiktionary
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