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Lexicon :: Strong's H4417 - melaḥ

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מֶלַח
Transliteration
melaḥ
Pronunciation
meh'-lakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1197a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: מלח.

Strong’s Definitions

מֶלַח melach, meh'-lakh; from H4414; properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved):—salt(-pit).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H4417 in the following manner: salt (27x), saltpits (with H4379) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H4417 in the following manner: salt (27x), saltpits (with H4379) (1x).

  1. salt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֶלַח melach, meh'-lakh; from H4414; properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved):—salt(-pit).
STRONGS H4417: Abbreviations
† II. מֶ֫לַח noun masculine salt (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb057105; Aramaic bdb057106, מִלְחָא); — מ׳ absolute Genesis 19:26 +; construct Leviticus 2:13; — salt for seasoning food Job 6:6; offering Leviticus 2:13 (3 times in verse) compare Ezekiel 43:24; בְּרִית מֶ֫לַח Numbers 18:19; 2 Chronicles 13:5 (compare Leviticus 2:13 see Di); used in purifying waters 2 Kings 2:20, 21; strewn on site of devoted city Judges 9:45 compare Zephaniah 2:9 (מִכְרֵהמֿ׳) Deuteronomy 29:22 (|| גָּפְרִית); produced in marshes reserved for purpose Ezekiel 47:11; pillar of salt נְצִיב מ׳ Genesis 19:26; usually in combination הַמֶּלַח יָם(־) Genesis 14:3 (עֶ֫מֶק הַשִּׂדִּים), Numbers 34:3, 12; Deuteronomy 3:17 (|| יָם הָעֲתָבָה), Joshua 3:16; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 15:2, 5; Joshua 18:19; also גֵיאמֿ׳ 2 Samuel 8:13; 2 Kings 14:7 Qr, Psalm 60:2 (title), גֵּיא הַמּ׳ 1 Chronicles 18:12; 2 Chronicles 25:11; 2 Kings 14:7 Kt.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4416.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:3; 19:26; 19:26

Leviticus

2:13; 2:13; 2:13

Numbers

18:19; 34:3; 34:12

Deuteronomy

3:17; 29:22

Joshua

3:16; 12:3; 15:2; 15:5; 18:19

Judges

9:45

2 Samuel

8:13

2 Kings

2:20; 2:21; 14:7; 14:7

1 Chronicles

18:12

2 Chronicles

13:5; 25:11

Job

6:6

Psalms

60:2

Ezekiel

43:24; 47:11

Zephaniah

2:9

H4417

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4417 matches the Hebrew מֶלַח (melaḥ),
which occurs 29 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:3 - These last five kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:26 - But Lot's wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - Moreover, you must season every one of your grain offerings with salt; you must not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be missing from your grain offering - on every one of your grain offerings you must present salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:19 - All the raised offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the LORD, I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD for you and for your descendants with you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - your southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - Then the border will continue down the Jordan River and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - The Arabah and the Jordan River were also a border, from the sea of Chinnereth to the sea of the Arabah (that is, the Salt Sea), beneath the watershed of Pisgah to the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - His kingdom included the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - The eastern border was the Salt Sea to the mouth of the Jordan River. The northern border started north of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan River. This was the southern border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed all the people in it. Then he leveled the city and spread salt over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:13 - David became famous when he returned from defeating the Arameans in the Valley of Salt, he defeated 18,000 in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:20 - Elisha said, "Get me a new jar and put some salt in it." So they got it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, "This is what the LORD says, 'I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - Abishai son of Zeruiah killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:5 - Don't you realize that the LORD God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he defeated 10,000 Edomites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 - O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:24 - You will present them before the LORD, and the priests will scatter salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:11 - But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore, as surely as I live," says the LORD who commands armies, the God of Israel, "be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land."
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