Bible Names

Zillah: meaning of the name

Zillah means “shadow; the tingling of the ear.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)girl name

Zillah in Hebrew and Greek

צִלָּה H6741

Tsillâh (tsil-law') — Tsillah, an antediluvian woman

feminine of H6738 (צֵל);

Who named Zillah in the Bible

Zillah in Scripture

“Zillah” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 4:19

    And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

  • Genesis 4:22

    And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.

  • Genesis 4:23

    And 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.