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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66704" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66704" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Tsillah', צַלָּה, ''Shade;'' Sept. Σελλά; Vulg. ''Sella'' )'','' last named of the two wives of Lamech the Cainite, to whom he addressed his song ( Genesis 4:19; Genesis 4:22-23). B.C. cir. 3500. She was the mother of Tubal- [[Cain]] and Naamah. Dr. Kalisch (''Common Genesis'' ) regards the names of Lamechts wives and of his daughters as significant of the transition into the period of, art, which took place in his time, and the corresponding change in the position of the woman. "Naamah signifies the lovely, beautiful woman; while the wife of the first man was simply Eve, the life-giving.... The women were, in the age of Lamech, no more regarded merely as the propagators of the human family; beauty and gracefulness began to command homage.... Even the wives of Lamech manifest the transition into this epoch of beauty; for while one wife, Zillah, reminds still of assistance and protection (shadow), the other, Adah, bears a name almost synonymous with Naamah, and likewise signifying ornament and loveliness." In the apocryphal book of Jasar, [[Adah]] and Zillah are both daughters of Cainan. Adah bare children, but Zillah was barren till her old age, in consequence of some noxious draught which her husband gave her to preserve her beauty and to prevent her from bearing. (See Lamech). </p> | <p> (Heb. Tsillah', '''''צַלָּה''''' , ''Shade;'' Sept. '''''Σελλά''''' ; Vulg. ''Sella'' ) '','' last named of the two wives of Lamech the Cainite, to whom he addressed his song ( Genesis 4:19; Genesis 4:22-23). B.C. cir. 3500. She was the mother of Tubal- [[Cain]] and Naamah. Dr. Kalisch ( ''Common Genesis'' ) regards the names of Lamechts wives and of his daughters as significant of the transition into the period of, art, which took place in his time, and the corresponding change in the position of the woman. "Naamah signifies the lovely, beautiful woman; while the wife of the first man was simply Eve, the life-giving.... The women were, in the age of Lamech, no more regarded merely as the propagators of the human family; beauty and gracefulness began to command homage.... Even the wives of Lamech manifest the transition into this epoch of beauty; for while one wife, Zillah, reminds still of assistance and protection (shadow), the other, Adah, bears a name almost synonymous with Naamah, and likewise signifying ornament and loveliness." In the apocryphal book of Jasar, [[Adah]] and Zillah are both daughters of Cainan. Adah bare children, but Zillah was barren till her old age, in consequence of some noxious draught which her husband gave her to preserve her beauty and to prevent her from bearing. (See Lamech). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9682" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9682" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' zil´a ''''' ( צלּה , <i> ''''' cillāh ''''' </i> ; Σελλά , <i> ''''' Sellá ''''' </i> ): One of Lamech's wives ( [[Genesis]] 4:19 , Genesis 4:22 , Genesis 4:23 ). The name is perhaps connected with <i> '''''cēl''''' </i> , "shadow." </p> | <p> ''''' zil´a ''''' ( צלּה , <i> ''''' cillāh ''''' </i> ; Σελλά , <i> ''''' Sellá ''''' </i> ): One of Lamech's wives ( [[Genesis]] 4:19 , Genesis 4:22 , Genesis 4:23 ). The name is perhaps connected with <i> ''''' cēl ''''' </i> , "shadow." </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16993" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16993" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 08:30, 15 October 2021
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
("shadow", i.e. protection). One of Lamech's two wives ( Genesis 4:19-23). (See Lamech ; ADAH "ornament".) Mother of Tubalcain and Naamah ("lovely".) The names mark the growing voluptuousness and luxury of the Cainites. It was the period of transition to art and refinement, attended with the evils which often accompany such times.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Zil'lah. (Shade). See Lamech .
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
One of the wives of Lamech, and mother of Tubal-cain and Naamah. Genesis 4:19-24 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Genesis 4:19 4:22-23
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [5]
Genesis 4:19 . See LAMECHI.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [6]
Zillah . See Adah, No. 1 .
Easton's Bible Dictionary [7]
Genesis 4:19,22
Webster's Dictionary [8]
(n.) A district or local division, as of a province.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]
(Heb. Tsillah', צַלָּה , Shade; Sept. Σελλά ; Vulg. Sella ) , last named of the two wives of Lamech the Cainite, to whom he addressed his song ( Genesis 4:19; Genesis 4:22-23). B.C. cir. 3500. She was the mother of Tubal- Cain and Naamah. Dr. Kalisch ( Common Genesis ) regards the names of Lamechts wives and of his daughters as significant of the transition into the period of, art, which took place in his time, and the corresponding change in the position of the woman. "Naamah signifies the lovely, beautiful woman; while the wife of the first man was simply Eve, the life-giving.... The women were, in the age of Lamech, no more regarded merely as the propagators of the human family; beauty and gracefulness began to command homage.... Even the wives of Lamech manifest the transition into this epoch of beauty; for while one wife, Zillah, reminds still of assistance and protection (shadow), the other, Adah, bears a name almost synonymous with Naamah, and likewise signifying ornament and loveliness." In the apocryphal book of Jasar, Adah and Zillah are both daughters of Cainan. Adah bare children, but Zillah was barren till her old age, in consequence of some noxious draught which her husband gave her to preserve her beauty and to prevent her from bearing. (See Lamech).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [10]
zil´a ( צלּה , cillāh ; Σελλά , Sellá ): One of Lamech's wives ( Genesis 4:19 , Genesis 4:22 , Genesis 4:23 ). The name is perhaps connected with cēl , "shadow."
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [11]
Zil´lah (shade), one of the wives of Lamech, and mother of Tubal-cain () [LAMECH].
References
- ↑ Zillah from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Zillah from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Zillah from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Zillah from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Zillah from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Zillah from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Zillah from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Zillah from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Zillah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Zillah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Zillah from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
