Word Study · Strong's H6741 · Hebrew
צִלָּה
Tsillah
tsil-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tsillâh
“Tsillah, an antediluvian woman”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Tsillah, an antediluvian woman
Rendered in the KJV as
Zillah.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וְצִלָּ֣ה1
- וְצִלָּה֙1
- צִלָּֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- and Zillah2
- [was] Zillah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name)1
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- HC/Npf · 2
- HNpf · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 4:19צִלָּֽה׃tzilahproper noun (a name)And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.here: [was] Zillah
- Genesis 4:22וְצִלָּ֣הvetzilahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.here: and Zillah
- Genesis 4:23וְצִלָּה֙vetzilahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.here: and Zillah