mahlah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
mahlah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
disease, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad (Num. 27:1-11) who had their father's inheritance, the law of inheritance having been altered in their favour.
mahlah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(disease), the eldest of the five daughters of Zelophehad the grandson of Manasseh. #Nu 27:1-11|
mahlah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
MAH'LAH (disease), one of the daughters of Zelophehad, in favor of whom the laws of inheritance were altered. Num 27:1-11.
mahlah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Numbers 26:33. Oldest of Zelophehad's five daughters. Married her cousin and received her portion of territory in Manasseh, according to the special law of inheritance as to heiresses, so that "the name of their father was not done away from among his family because he had no son" (Numbers 27:1-11). See 1 Chronicles 7:18. (See MAHALAH.)