מִלּוֹא
millôwʼ · mil-lo'
a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel
Lexicon
Derivation: or מִלֹּא; (2 Kings 12:20), from H4390 (מָלֵא);
a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Millo. See also H1037 (בֵּית מִלּוֹא).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִלּוֹא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of millo4 · 40%
- millo3 · 30%
- from millo1 · 10%
- and millo1 · 10%
- even from millo1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.