Zillah
צִלָּהStrong’s H6741tsillah (tsil-lah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsillah is the Hebrew word usually translated “zillah”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.”
Meaning
- A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.19; married to Lamech (H3929)
How it's translated
- and zillah 2
- zillah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 4:22And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
- Genesis 4:23And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Hebrew dictionary
צִלָּה tsillah · Zillah
A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.19; married to Lamech (H3929); mother of: Tubal-cain (H8423) and Naamah (H5279) § Zillah = "shade" the 2nd wife of Lamech and mother of Tubal-cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron
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.