Bible Names

Imlah: meaning of the name

Imlah means “plentitude; circumcision.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Imlah in Hebrew and Greek

יִמְלָא H3229

Yimlâʼ (yeem-law') — Jimla or Jimlah, an Israelite

or יִמְלָה; from H4390 (מָלֵא); full;

Imlah in Scripture

“Imlah” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Kings 22:8

    And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

  • 1 Kings 22:9

    Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.