HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5538
סִלָּא
sil.la — Silla
§ Silla = "a highway" the scene of the murder of king Joash of Judah
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Silla
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G1409
Δρούσιλλα
Drousilla — Drusilla
Δρούσιλλα (Rec. Δρουσίλλα), ης, ἡ Drusilla, wife of Felix: Act.24:24.† (AS)
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A highway; a twig, only in 2 Kings 12:20. If taken as a proper name (as in the LXX. and other versions), the locality is unknown.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.