מִלּוֹאmillôwʼ
proper name [of a location]: ' fill ', mulu
Pronunciation: mil-lo' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4407
Meanings
1. near Shechem, site unknown (Judges 9:6; Judges 9:20)
2. citadel in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Kings 9:15; 1 Kings 9:24)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 5:9 So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. He extended the city, starting at the supporting terraces and working inward.
- 1 Kings 9:15 This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord’s Temple, the royal palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 1 Kings 9:24 Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. Then he constructed the supporting terraces.
- 1 Kings 11:27 This is the story behind his rebellion. Solomon was rebuilding the supporting terraces and repairing the walls of the city of his father, David.
- 1 Chronicles 11:8 He extended the city from the supporting terraces to the surrounding area, while Joab rebuilt the rest of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 Then Hezekiah worked hard at repairing all the broken sections of the wall, erecting towers, and constructing a second wall outside the first. He also reinforced the supporting terraces in the City of David and manufactured large numbers of weapons and shields.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).