This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
Definition
a form of H4436; queen; Milcah, the name of a Hebrewess and of an Israelite
Traditional renderings: Milcah.
Traditional renderings: Milcah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
11 total
- Genesis 11:29 (2×)מִלְכָּ֔ה · Milcah; מִלְכָּ֖ה · of both MilcahAnd Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
- Genesis 22:20מִלְכָּ֥ה · MilcahSome time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
- Genesis 22:23מִלְכָּ֔ה · MilcahAnd Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- Genesis 24:15מִלְכָּ֔ה · of MilcahBefore the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- Genesis 24:24מִלְכָּ֕ה · MilcahShe replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
- Genesis 24:47מִלְכָּ֑ה · MilcahThen I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
- Numbers 26:33מִלְכָּ֖ה · MilcahNow Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Numbers 27:1וּמִלְכָּ֖ה · MilcahNow the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached
- Numbers 36:11וּמִלְכָּ֛ה · MilcahMahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.
- Joshua 17:3מִלְכָּ֖ה · MilcahBut Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.