Bible Encyclopedia: Zillah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ZILLAH

zil'-a (tsillah; Sella): One of Lamech's wives (Genesis 4:19, 22, 23). The name is perhaps connected with tsel, "shadow."

Strong's Hebrew

6741. Tsillah -- wife of Lamech
... 6740, 6741. Tsillah. 6742 . wife of Lamech. Transliteration: Tsillah Phonetic
Spelling: (tsil-law') Short Definition: Zillah. ... Zillah. ...
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Library

Of the Two Fathers and Leaders who Sprang from one Progenitor.
... For we read, "Methusael begat Lamech. And Lamech took unto him two wives: the
name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 17 of the two fathers.htm

Cain's Family and their Inventions.
... And Lamech took unto him two wives, whose names were Adah and Zillah. At that
time there was made a beginning of polygamy, and also of music. ...
/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter xxx cains family and their.htm

"In the Volume of the Book it is Written of Me" (Heb. . .
... And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; "Ye wives of Lamech,
hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man for wounding me, and a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/in the volume of the.htm

Chapter iv
... 19. And Lamech took unto himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, the name
of the other Zillah. ... Of these sons Adah bore two and Zillah one. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter iv.htm

An Exposition on the First Ten Chapters of Genesis, and Part of ...
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/an exposition on the first.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Zillah

shadow; the tingling of the ear

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Zillah

(shade). [LAMECH]

ATS Bible Dictionary

Zillah

Genesis 4:19. See LAMECHI.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Shadow, one of the wives of Lamech, of the line of Cain, and mother of Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:19, 22).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A district or local division, as of a province.

Thesaurus

Zillah (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ZILLAH. zil'-a (tsillah; Sella): One of Lamech's
wives (Genesis 4:19, 22, 23). ... Multi-Version Concordance Zillah (3 Occurrences) ...
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Lamech (11 Occurrences)
... 4:18-24). His address to his two wives, Adah and Zillah (4:23, 24), is the
only extant example of antediluvian poetry. It has been ...
/l/lamech.htm - 12k

Naamah (5 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The beautiful. (1.) The daughter of Lamech and
Zillah (Genesis 4:22). (2.) The daughter of the king of ...
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Adah (8 Occurrences)
... of tent-dwelling people, and Jubal the "father" of all such as handle the harp and
pipe." Josephus says that Lamech had 77 sons by Ada and Zillah (Ant., I, ii ...
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Tubalcain (1 Occurrence)
... The son of Lamech and Zillah, "an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron"
(Genesis 4:22; RV, "the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron ...
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Tubal-cain (1 Occurrence)
... The son of Lamech and Zillah, "an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron"
(Genesis 4:22; RV, "the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron ...
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Wives (159 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV). Genesis 4:19 Lamech took two wives: the name
of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. ...
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Ziklag (13 Occurrences)

/z/ziklag.htm - 13k

Zillethai (2 Occurrences)

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Na'amah (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Na'amah (5 Occurrences). Genesis 4:22 Zillah also gave
birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. ...
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Bible Concordance

Zillah (3 Occurrences)

Genesis 4:19 Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 4:22 Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. Tubal Cain's sister was Naamah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 4:23 Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Zillah

Zillah: Wife of Lamech

Related Terms

Lamech (11 Occurrences)

Naamah (5 Occurrences)

Adah (8 Occurrences)

Tubalcain (1 Occurrence)

Tubal-cain (1 Occurrence)

Wives (159 Occurrences)

Ziklag (13 Occurrences)

Zillethai (2 Occurrences)