Strong H4435H4435Gמִלְכָּה
Milcah
One of the 2 senses of Strong H4435
- Transliteration
- milkâh
- Pronunciation
- mil-kaw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29;
daughter of: Haran (H2039);
sister of: Lot (H3876) and Iscah (H3252); married to Nahor (H5152H);
mother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A)
daughter of: Haran (H2039);
sister of: Lot (H3876) and Iscah (H3252); married to Nahor (H5152H);
mother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A)
Meaning of the name
Milcah = "queen"
General definition
A form of H4436; queen;
{Milcah} the name of a Hebrewess and of an Israelite: - Milcah.
{Milcah} the name of a Hebrewess and of an Israelite: - Milcah.
In the biblical story
Milcah
Wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Milcah, the daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, was the mother of Bethuel and the grandmother of Rebekah (Gen.11.29; 22.20,23; 24.15,24,47).
In the Bible
Strong H4435G appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- milcah6
First verses
- Genesis 11:29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
- Genesis 22:20And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
- Genesis 22:23And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
- Genesis 24:15And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
- Genesis 24:24And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
- Genesis 24:47And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.