Lexicon
מִלּוֹא
mil.lo
H4407
N:N--L Hebrew

Millo

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Hebrew
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mil.lo is a proper name for a named place or built feature associated with construction, repair, and the city of David.

The term is used as a proper name for a named place or built feature: it is a point from which building proceeds, an object of construction or strengthening, and, in Judges, part of the expression “house of Millo.” The supplied verses do not define its precise physical character beyond these settings.

Senses in use

  1. Named site or built feature · dominant

    The form is tagged as a proper noun throughout. In 2 Samuel 5:9 the APB renders David as building “outward from the Millo and inward”; in 1 Kings 9:15 it lists the Millo among Solomon's building works, and in 2 Chronicles 32:5 it says that Hezekiah strengthened it in the city of David. Judges 9:6 uses the name in the phrase “house of Millo,” where its exact physical character remains unspecified.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually retains the name as “the Millo” in construction and repair notices, including 1 Kings 9:15 and 2 Chronicles 32:5, while Judges 9:6 has “house of Millo.” These phrases show the verse-level presentation rather than a precise English definition.

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