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מִלּוֹא

milo · Millo

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4407 · appears 10 times in the Bible

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What it means

milo (מִלּוֹא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Millo”.

The name of a fortified work inside a city (an earthwork or citadel). There was a Millo in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:9) and another in Shechem, whose "house of Millo" were those who lived or ruled there (Judges 9:6).

How to say it

mi·lo

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

  • Judges 9:6

    All the lords of Shechem gathered, and all the house of Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the standing stone that is in Shechem.

  • Judges 9:20

    But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the lords of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the lords of Shechem and from the house of Millo and consume Abimelech.”

  • 2 Samuel 5:9

    David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David; and David built all around from the Millo inward.

  • 1 Kings 9:15

    And this is the matter of the forced labor that King Solomon raised to build the house of YHWH and his house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer.

  • 1 Kings 9:24

    But the daughter of Pharaoh went up from the city of David to her house that Solomon had built for her; then he built the Millo.

  • 1 Kings 11:27

    And this was the matter for which he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built the Millo and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.

  • 2 Kings 12:20

    His servants rose up and made a conspiracy and struck Joash at the house of Millo, which goes down to Silla.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:8

    He built the city all around, from the Millo to the surrounding area; and Joab revived the rest of the city.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:5

    He strengthened himself and built all the wall that was broken down, and raised on it the towers, and outside another wall; and he repaired the Millo in the city of David, and made weapons in abundance and shields.

And 1 more times.