Strong H4199מִזָּה

Mizzah

Transliteration
mizzâh
Pronunciation
miz-zaw'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

Probably from an unused root meaning to faint with fear;
terror;
{Mizzah} an Edomite: - Mizzah.

Meaning of the name

Mizzah = "fear"

Detailed definition

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.13;
son of: Reuel (H7467);
brother of: Nahath (H5184), Zerah (H2226) and Shammah (H8048)

In the biblical story

Mizzah

A grandson of Esau and a chief of Edom.

Mizzah was a grandson of Esau and one of the chiefs of Edom listed in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles.

In the Bible

Strong H4199 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • mizzah3

First verses

  1. Genesis 36:13
    And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
  2. Genesis 36:17
    And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
  3. 1 Chronicles 1:37
    The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
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