Millo — the meaning of the Hebrew name מִלּוֹא

מִלּוֹא

millôwʼ · pronounced mil-lo' · Strong's H4407 · a man

Millo means a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel.

Built from

מָלֵא mâlêʼ (from, H4390) — (Esther 7:5), a primitive root open in the lexicon ›

בֵּית מִלּוֹא Bêyth Millôwʼ (see also, H1037) — house of (the) rampart open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or מִלֹּא; (2 Kings 12:20), from H4390; a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel.

First appearance

Judg 9:6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. (KJV)

Every verse that names Millo

9 occurrences in 9 verses — Judges, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles

Judg 9:6Judg 9:202Sam 5:91Kgs 9:151Kgs 9:241Kgs 11:272Kgs 12:211Chr 11:82Chr 32:5

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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