Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4405
מִלָּה
millahmil-law'
speech
38 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: millâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4405is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 25spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4405
a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic
The King James renders it: [phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
millah is rendered "speech". It stands 38 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Thirty-four of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.
The first use
The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
2 Samuel 23:2וּמִלָּת֖וֹ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- words16
- words my5
- speech my4
- in words3
- words your2
- a word1
- and speech his1
- and words1
- by words1
- into a word1
- of words1
- with words1
and 1 more, 38 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִלָּה | millah | word | Uses24 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 38, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
25 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מִלָּ֑י4
- מִלִּֽים׃3
- מִלִּ֣ין3
- מִלִּ֑ין3
- מִלִּ֣ים2
- מִלִּ֥ין2
- מִלִּֽין׃2
- מִלָּתִ֑י2
- בְמִלִּ֑ים1
- בְּמִלִּ֑ים1
- בְמִלִּֽים׃1
- בְמִלִּ֗ין1
and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural16HNcmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural6HR/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular5HNcmpc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcmpc/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Ncmpa
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmpc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
2 Samuel
one use
The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
- וּמִלָּת֖וֹumilatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and speech his
Job
thirty-four uses
“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
- בְּ֝מִלִּ֗יןbemilinpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in words
Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
- מִלֶּ֑יךָmileikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: words your
Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
- מִלִּ֣יםmilimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
- מִלִּֽים׃milimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
- מִלִּ֣יןmilinnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
- מִלָּתִ֑יmilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: speech my
Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
- וּ֝מִלִּ֗יםumilimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and words
as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
- מִלִּֽין׃milinnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
- בְּמִלִּ֑יםbemilimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in words
“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
- לְמִלִּ֑יןlemilinpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: of words
“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
- בְמִלִּֽים׃vemilimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with words
I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
- מִלָּ֑יmilainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: words my
“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
- מִלָּתִ֑יmilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: speech my
I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
- מִלִּ֣יםmilimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
- מִלָּתִֽי׃ סmilatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: speech my
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
- מִלִּ֑יןmilinnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
- בְמִלִּ֑יםvemilimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in words
After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
- מִלָּתִֽי׃milatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: speech my
And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
- לְמִלָּֽה׃lemilahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a word
Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
- מִלִּֽין׃milinnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
- מִלִּ֑יןmilinnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
- מִלִּֽים׃milimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
- מִלִּ֑יםmilimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
- מִלָּ֑יmilainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: words my
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
- מִלִּ֣יןmilinnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
- מִלִּ֥יןmilinnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
- מִלָּ֑יmilainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: words my
For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
- מִלִּ֣יןmilinnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.
- מִלָּֽי׃milainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: words my
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
- מִלִּ֑יןmilinnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
- מִלִּ֥יןmilinnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.
- מִלִּֽים׃milimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: words
For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
- מִלָּ֑יmilainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: words my
“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
- בְמִלִּ֗יןvemilinpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: by words
Psalms
two uses
their 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.
- מִלֵּיהֶ֑םmileihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: words their
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
- מִ֭לָּהmilahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a word
Proverbs
one use
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- מִלֶּֽיךָ׃mileikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: words your
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.