Millo
מִלּוֹאStrong’s H4407millo (mil-lo)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Millo is the Hebrew word usually translated “millo”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.”
Meaning
- § Millo = "rampart" or "mound"
How it's translated
- the millo 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 3
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 9:15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 1 Kings 9:24But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
- 1 Kings 11:27And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
- 1 Chronicles 11:8And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
Hebrew dictionary
מִלּוֹא millo · Millo
§ Millo = "rampart" or "mound" This name is used for a part of the fortifications of Jerusalem
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.