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Zillah
Shadow, one of the wives of Lamech, of the line of Cain, and mother of Tubal-cain (Gen 4:19, Gen 4:22).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Genesis 4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
- Genesis 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
- Genesis 4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.