Milkah מִלְכָּה
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| מִלְכָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | milkah |
| Strong's number | H4435 (H4435G, H4435H) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a woman |
| Gloss | Milcah |
| Occurrences | 11 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (6) |
Milkah (Hebrew מִלְכָּה, Strong's H4435) is a name of a woman in the Old Testament, glossed “Milcah”. It occurs 11 times.
Definition
H4435G: Milcah
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29;
daughter of: Haran (H2039);
sister of: Lot (H3876) and Iscah (H3252); married to Nahor (H5152H);
mother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A)
§ Milcah = "queen"
1) daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham's brother, to whom she bore 8 children
2) a daughter of Zelophehad and granddaughter of Manasseh
daughter of: Haran (H2039);
sister of: Lot (H3876) and Iscah (H3252); married to Nahor (H5152H);
mother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A)
§ Milcah = "queen"
1) daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham's brother, to whom she bore 8 children
2) a daughter of Zelophehad and granddaughter of Manasseh
H4435H: Milcah
A woman of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.33;
daughter of: Zelophehad (H6765);
sister of: Mahlah (H4244), Noah (H5270), Hoglah (H2295) and Tirzah (H8656)
§ Milcah = "queen"
1) daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham's brother, to whom she bore 8 children
2) a daughter of Zelophehad and granddaughter of Manasseh
daughter of: Zelophehad (H6765);
sister of: Mahlah (H4244), Noah (H5270), Hoglah (H2295) and Tirzah (H8656)
§ Milcah = "queen"
1) daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham's brother, to whom she bore 8 children
2) a daughter of Zelophehad and granddaughter of Manasseh
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | milcah (11) |
|---|---|
| BSB | milcah (10), both milcah (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Milkah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 11:29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
- Genesis 22:20And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
- Genesis 22:23And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- Genesis 24:15And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- Genesis 24:24And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
- Genesis 24:47And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
Numbers
- Numbers 26:33And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Numbers 27:1Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached
- Numbers 36:11For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.
Joshua
- Joshua 17:3But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).