Senses
1. Millo (place name / fortification) — A Hebrew proper feminine noun (מִלּוֹא) meaning 'filling, terrace', referring to a specific fortification or filled-in terrace structure in Jerusalem, likely a stone-filled platform supporting part of the City of David or the Temple Mount complex. Associated with Solomon's building projects (1 Kgs 9:15,24; 11:27; 2 Chr 32:5) and the location of King Joash's assassination (2 Kgs 12:21). Also used of a place in Shechem (Judg 9:6,20, 'Beth-Millo'). Multilingual evidence: eng 'the-Millo/Millo', spa 'el-Milo/Milo', arb 'القلعة/مِلُّو', kor '밀로', swa 'Milo', hin 'मिल्लो'. The articled form (S111875) and prepositional/conjunctive forms (S111876) are grammatical variants of the same toponym. 10×
AR["الـ-قَلْعَةَ","الـ-مِلُّوَ","المِلْأَة","الْمِلُّوءَ","الْمِلْوِ","مِلُّو","مِلُّوا"]·ben["-মিল্লো","মিল্লো","মিল্লোর"]·DE["Millo","[המלוא]","der-Millo"]·EN["Millo","the-Millo"]·FR["Millo","[המלוא]","le-Millo"]·heb["ה-מילוא","ה-מלוא","הַ-מִּלּוֹא","מילוא","מלוא"]·HI["मिल्लो","मिल्लो-का","मिल्लो-के"]·ID["Milo"]·IT["Millo","[המלוא]","il-Millo"]·jav["Milo"]·KO["그-밀로","그-밀로를","그-밀로와","밀로-의","밀로의"]·PT["Millo","o-Millo","o-Milo"]·RU["Милло"]·ES["Milo","Miló","el-Millo","el-Milo"]·SW["Milo","hamiּlּwo"]·TR["Millo","Millo'dan","Millo'nun","Millo'yu","Millo-nun","Millonun"]·urd["-کو-ملو","ملو","ملّو","مِلّو-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מִלּוֹא n.pr.loc. (Thes ‘fill’ of earth, earthwork, but v. GFM Ju 9:6) SchwallyZMG lii (1898), 137 cp. Assyrian mulû = earthwork, mound, terrace, Dl 411 M-A 544;— 1. בֵּית מִלּוֹא Ju 9:6 (‖ בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם) so v 20(×2); near Shechem, site unknown; 𝔊 οἶκος Βηθμααλων. 2. citadel in Jerus. הַמִּלּוֹא 2 S 5:9 1 K 9:15, 24; 11:27; 1 Ch 11:8 2 Ch 32:5. 𝔊 usually ἡ ἄκρα (A 1 K 9:15, 24 also Μελω). 3. בֵּית מִלֹּא 2 K 12:21 (+ הַיֹּרֵד סִלָּא) dub.; = 2? 𝔊 οἴκῳ Μααλω.