Hebrew and Greek words › Hebrew › H4406
מִלָּה millah
Hebrew word for “word” · Strong’s H4406 · used 24 times in 22 verses
Meaning
1) word, thing; 1a) word, utterance, command; 1b) thing, affair, matter
How it is translated
Glosses given for millah in context, with how often each is used:
- matter the 7
- word the 6
- word 3
- matter 3
- words 2
- matters 1
- words the 1
- matters the 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 24 | 4.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 2 (8), Daniel 7 (5), Daniel 5 (3), Daniel 3 (2), Daniel 4 (2), Daniel 6 (2)
Forms
- מלתא 11
- מלת 3
- ומלתא 2
- מליא 2
- ומלה 1
- מלה 1
- ומלת 1
- מלי 1
- מלין 1
- ומלין 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with millah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דִּי di “that” 14
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 13
- אֲמַר amar “to say” 11
- מִן־ min “from” 10
- יְדַע yeda “to know” 8
- עַל al “since” 9
- עֲנָה anah “to answer” 7
- עַד ad “till” 7
- לָא la “not” 7
- קֳדָם qodam “before” 6
- אֱדַיִן edayin “then” 6
- שְׁנָא shena “to change” 5
Key verses
The verses using millah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Daniel 2:5 — The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall…
- Daniel 2:9 — But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the…
- Daniel 2:11 — And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
- Daniel 2:23 — I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou…
- Daniel 3:28 — Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted…
- Daniel 4:31 — While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
- Daniel 5:10 — Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy…
- Daniel 5:26 — This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
- Daniel 7:1 — In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the…
- Daniel 7:11 — I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the…
- Daniel 7:25 — And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be…
- Daniel 7:28 — Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
See all 22 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.