Word Study · Strong's H4405 · Hebrew
מִלָּה
millah
mil-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: millâh
“a word”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic
Rendered in the KJV as
[phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.
- 38occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 25inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 38 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 25
- מִלָּ֑י4
- מִלִּֽים׃3
- מִלִּ֣ין3
- מִלִּ֑ין3
- מִלִּ֣ים2
- מִלִּ֥ין2
- מִלִּֽין׃2
- מִלָּתִ֑י2
- בְמִלִּ֑ים1
- בְּמִלִּ֑ים1
- בְמִלִּֽים׃1
- בְמִלִּ֗ין1
and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 15
- words14
- words my5
- speech my4
- in words3
- words your2
- [are] words1
- [is] a word1
- [the] words1
- and speech his1
- and words1
- by words1
- into a word1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- noun · masculine plural16
- preposition + noun · masculine plural6
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular5
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 16
- HR/Ncmpa · 6
- HNcmpc/Sp1bs · 5
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 4
- HNcmpc/Sp2ms · 2
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp3mp · 1
- HR/Ncfsa · 1
All 38, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job34 occurrences
- Job 4:2בְּ֝מִלִּ֗יןbemilinpreposition + noun · masculine plural“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?here: in words
- Job 4:4מִלֶּ֑יךָmileikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYour words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.here: words your
- Job 6:26מִלִּ֣יםmilimnoun · masculine pluralDo you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?here: words
- Job 8:10מִלִּֽים׃milimnoun · masculine pluralWill they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?here: words
- Job 12:11מִלִּ֣יןmilinnoun · masculine pluralDoes not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?here: words
- Job 13:17מִלָּתִ֑יmilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularListen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.here: speech my
- Job 15:3וּ֝מִלִּ֗יםumilimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralShould he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?here: and words
- Job 15:13מִלִּֽין׃milinnoun · masculine pluralas you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?here: words
- Job 16:4בְּמִלִּ֑יםbemilimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralI could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.here: in words
- Job 18:2לְמִלִּ֑יןlemilinpreposition + noun · masculine plural“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.here: of words
- Job 19:2בְמִלִּֽים׃vemilimpreposition + noun · masculine plural“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?here: with words
- Job 19:23מִלָּ֑יmilainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,here: words my
- Job 21:2מִלָּתִ֑יmilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.here: speech my
- Job 23:5מִלִּ֣יםmilimnoun · masculine pluralI would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.here: [the] words
- Job 24:25מִלָּתִֽי׃ סmilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularIf this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”here: speech my
- Job 26:4מִלִּ֑יןmilinnoun · masculine pluralTo whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?here: words
- Job 29:9בְמִלִּ֑יםvemilimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralThe princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.here: in words
- Job 29:22מִלָּתִֽי׃milatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAfter my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.here: speech my
- Job 30:9לְמִלָּֽה׃lemilahpreposition + noun · feminine singularAnd now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.here: into a word
- Job 32:11מִלִּֽין׃milinnoun · masculine pluralIndeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,here: words
- Job 32:14מִלִּ֑יןmilinnoun · masculine pluralBut Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.here: words
- Job 32:15מִלִּֽים׃milimnoun · masculine pluralJob’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.here: words
- Job 32:18מִלִּ֑יםmilimnoun · masculine pluralFor I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.here: words
- Job 33:1מִלָּ֑יmilainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.here: words my
- Job 33:8מִלִּ֣יןmilinnoun · masculine pluralSurely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:here: words
- Job 33:32מִלִּ֥יןmilinnoun · masculine pluralBut if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.here: [are] words
- Job 34:2מִלָּ֑יmilainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.here: words my
- Job 34:3מִלִּ֣יןmilinnoun · masculine pluralFor the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.here: words
- Job 34:16מִלָּֽי׃milainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularIf you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.here: words my
- Job 35:4מִלִּ֑יןmilinnoun · masculine pluralI will reply to you and to your friends as well.here: words
- Job 35:16מִלִּ֥יןmilinnoun · masculine pluralSo Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”here: words
- Job 36:2מִלִּֽים׃milimnoun · masculine plural“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.here: words
- Job 36:4מִלָּ֑יmilainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularFor truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.here: words my
- Job 38:2בְמִלִּ֗יןvemilinpreposition + noun · masculine plural“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?here: by words
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 19:4מִלֵּיהֶ֑םmileihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltheir voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.here: words their
- Psalms 139:4מִ֭לָּהmilahnoun · feminine singularEven before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.here: [is] a word
Same headword in Strong's