Word

מִלּוֹא

millôwʼ · H4407 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences

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Place

Millofirst named in 2 Samuel 5:96 verses

Meanings

millo

Exact meaning unsure; probably: part of the fortifications of the City of David, often identified with the so-called "stepped stone structure" on the east

Examples
2 Samuel 5:9 So David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.
1 Chronicles 11:8 He built the city all around, from the Millo to the surrounding area; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עִירcity, town 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 2 groups

בָּנָהto build, to rebuild, to establish 3
חָזַקto be strong, to strengthen 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

מִןfrom 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Names of Constructions003001003: מִלּוֹא names the Millo, a fortified structure or earthen rampart in Jerusalem built up by David and later repaired by Solomon and Hezekiah (2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Kings 9:15, 24; 2 Chronicles 32:5).
Fortifications001003002003: As a filled-in supporting terrace or rampart integrated into the city's defenses, the Millo also belongs among terms for fortified structures.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4407. Millo מִלּוֺא proper name, of a location (Thes ' fill ' of earth, earthwork, but…

H4407. Millo
מִלּוֺא proper name, of a location (Thes ' fill ' of earth, earthwork, but see GFMJdg 9:6); **SchwZMG lii (1898), 137 compare Assyrian mulu = earthwork, mound, terrace, Dl411 M-A544. —
1 מִלּוֺא בֵּית Jdg 9:6 (|| שְׁכֶם בַּעֲלֵי) so Jdg 9:20; Jdg 9:20; near Shechem, site unknown; ᵐ5 οἶκος Βηθμααλων.
2 citadel in Jerusalem הַמִּלּוֺא 2Sa 5:9; 1Ki 9:15, 1Ki 9:24; 1Ki 11:27; 1Ch 11:8; 2Ch 32:5. ᵐ5 usually ἡ ἄκρα (A 1Ki 9:15, 1Ki 9:24 also Μελω).
3 מִלֹּא בֵּית 2Ki 12:21 (+ סִלָּא הַיֹּרֵד) dubious; =
2 ? ᵐ5 οἴκῳ Μααλω.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Fortifications6 occurrences Names of Constructions0 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0