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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4244 - מַחְלָה

Transliteration

Machlâh

Phonetics

makh-law'

Origin

from (H2470)

Parts of Speech

proper feminine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Mahlah = "disease"
1. the eldest of 5 daughters of Zelophehad the grandson of Manasseh
2. a Gileadite

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

BSB (5)

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

CSB (5)

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

ESV (5)

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

KJV (5)

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

LEB (5)

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

LSB (5)

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

N95 (5)

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (5)

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Numbers 3

Joshua 1

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מַחְלָה proper name, feminine 1. a daughter of Zelophehad Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:11; Joshua 17:3, ᵐ5 Μα(α)λ(α)α.

2 a Gileadite name (possibly masculine) 1 Chronicles 7:18 ᵐ5 Μαελα, ᵐ5^L Μααλαθ.

[מַחֲלֶה], מַחֲלָה see I. חלה.

מְחֹלָה, see I. חול. [מְחִלָּה] see I. חלל

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מַחְלָה (“disease”), [Mahlah]

(1) pr. name of a woman. Numbers 26:33, 27:1 Joshua 17:3.

(2) 1 Chronicles 7:18, where the sex is uncertain.

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List of Word Forms

מַחְלָ֣ה מַחְלָֽה׃ מחלה מחלה׃ machLah maḥ·lāh maḥlāh