Milkâh — H4435

H4435 · Hebrew — מלכה

Pronunciation: mil-kaw'

Definition

feminine proper noun

Milcah, the name of a Hebrewess and of an Israelite

  1. Milcah = "queen"
  2. daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham's brother, to whom she bore 8 children
  3. a daughter of Zelophehad and granddaughter of Manasseh

Usually translated as

Milcah

Origin

a form of H4436; queen

Occurrences

Milkâh occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Numbers (3), Joshua (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M