H4407: מִלּוֹא
millôwʼ · pronounced mil-lo' · “Millo”
Definition
a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel
KJV translates it as: Millo. See also H1037 (בֵּית מִלּוֹא).
Word origin: or מִלֹּא; (2 Kings 12:20), from H4390 (מָלֵא);
Extended definition
This name is used for a part of the fortifications of Jerusalem
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4407 is translated
- millo ×6
Bible verses with H4407 (millôwʼ)
Millôwʼ appears in 6 verses.
- 2 Samuel 5:9
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
- 1 Kings 9:15
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 1 Kings 9:24
But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
- 1 Kings 11:27
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
- 1 Chronicles 11:8
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.