BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6741
tsil.lah — Zillah
A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.19; married to Lamech (H3929); mother of: Tubal-cain (H8423) and Naamah (H5279) § Zillah = "shade" the 2nd wife of Lamech and mother of Tubal-cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3929
le.mekh — Lamech
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.18; son of: Methushael (H4967); married to Adah (H5711) and Zillah (H6741); father of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279) § Lamech = "powerful" 1) the 5th lineal descendant from Cain, husband of Adah and Zillah, father of sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, and daughter, Naamah 2) father of Noah
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5279
na.a.mah — Naamah
A woman of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.14.21; married to Solomon (H8010); mother of: Rehoboam (H7346) § Naamah = "loveliness" 1) daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain in the days before the flood 2) the Ammonite wife of Solomon and mother of king Rehoboam of Judah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8423
tu.val qa.yin — Tubal-cain
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.4.22; son of: Lamech (H3929) and Zillah (H6741); brother of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106) and Naamah (H5279) § Tubal-cain = "thou will be brought of Cain" son of Lamech by his wife Zillah and the first worker in metal
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Shadow, one of the wives of Lamech, of the line of Cain, and mother of Tubal-cain (Gen. 4:19, 22).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
