MILCAH

(Milʹcah) [counsel].

1. Daughter of Abraham’s (Abram’s) brother Haran, wife of his brother Nahor (her uncle) and the sister of Lot. (Gen. 11:27, 29) Bethuel, one of Milcah’s eight children, became father to Rebekah.—Gen. 22:20-23; 24:15, 24, 47.

2. One of Zelophehad’s five daughters given an inheritance in the territory of Manasseh after their father’s death.—Num. 26:33; 27:1-4; 36:10-12; Josh. 17:3, 4.