Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4244: מַחְלָה

Machlâh · pronounced makh-law' · “Mahlah”

Definition

Machlah, the name apparently of two Israelitesses

KJV translates it as: Mahlah.

Word origin: from H2470 (חָלָה); sickness;

Extended definition

A woman of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.33;
daughter of: Zelophehad (H6765);
sister of: Noah (H5270), Hoglah (H2295), Milcah (H4435H) and Tirzah (H8656)
§ Mahlah = "disease"
1) the eldest of 5 daughters of Zelophehad the grandson of Manasseh
2) a Gileadite

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4244 is translated

  • mahlah ×4
  • was mahlah ×1

Bible verses with H4244 (Machlâh)

Machlâh appears in 5 verses.

  • Numbers 26:33

    And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

  • Numbers 27:1

    Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

  • Numbers 36:11

    For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:

  • Joshua 17:3

    But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:18

    And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.