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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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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - All these joined together 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 his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - ‘And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:19 - “All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and daughters with you as an ordinance forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD with you and your descendants with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - ‘Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of the Salt Sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - ‘the border shall go down along the Jordan, and it shall end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its surrounding boundaries.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - “the plain also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the east side of the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - ‘The whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and His wrath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - and the eastern Jordan plain from the Sea of Chinneroth as far as the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), the road to Beth Jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - The east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. And the border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - And the border passed along to the north side of Beth Hoglah; then the border ended at the north bay at the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - So Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city and killed the people who were in it; and he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:13 - And David made himself a name when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Syrians[fn] in the Valley of Salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:20 - And he said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - Then he went out to the source of the water, and cast in the salt there, and said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘I have healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand Edomites[fn] in the Valley of Salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:5 - “Should you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the dominion over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons, by a covenant of salt?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - Then Amaziah strengthened himself, and leading his people, he went to the Valley of Salt and killed ten thousand of the people of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - Can flavorless food 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 - To the Chief Musician. Set to “Lily of the Testimony.”[fn] A Michtam of David. For teaching. When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

O God, You have cast us off;
You have broken us down;
You have been displeased;
Oh, restore us again!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:24 - ‘When you offer them before the LORD, the priests shall throw salt on them, and they will 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 marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore, as I live,”
Says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
“Surely Moab shall be like Sodom,
And the people of Ammon like Gomorrah—
Overrun with weeds and saltpits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The residue of My people shall plunder them,
And the remnant of My people shall possess them.”
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