妻妾 | qī qiè | wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem | |
纳妾 | nà qiè | to take a concubine | |
臣妾 | chén qiè | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
姬妾 | jī qiè | concubine | |
侍妾 | shì qiè | concubine |
1 | His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech. | |
2 | And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. | |
3 | I will bring them out to you now, and you can use them and do to them whatever you wish. But to this man, don't do such a disgraceful thing. | |
4 | So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. | |
5 | Emperors and warlords often had numerous concubines as well as wives.Their successors were often not the first son from their first wife but sometimes their most able son from a concubine. |