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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 - All these have been joined together unto the valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:26 - And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt!

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - And every offering -- thy present -- with salt thou dost season, and thou dost not let the salt of the covenant of thy God cease from thy present; with all thine offerings thou dost bring near 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 sons of Israel lift up to Jehovah I have given to thee and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during, a covenant of salt, age-during it is before Jehovah, to thee and to thy seed with thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - then hath the south quarter been to you from the wilderness of Zin, by the sides of Edom, yea, the south border hath been to you from the extremity of the Salt Sea, eastward;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - and the border hath gone down to the Jordan, and its outgoings have been at the Salt Sea; this is for you the land by its borders round about.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - and the plain, and the Jordan, and the border, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the springs of Pisgah, at the sun-rising.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - (with brimstone and salt is the whole land burnt, it is not sown, nor doth it shoot up, nor doth there go up on it any herb, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overturned in His anger, and in His fury,) --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - that the waters stand; those coming down from above have risen -- one heap, very far above Adam the city, which is at the side of Zaretan; and those going down by the sea of the plain, the Salt Sea, have been completely cut off; and the people have passed through over-against Jericho;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - And the plain unto the sea of Chinneroth eastward, and unto the sea of the plain (the salt sea) eastward, the way to Beth-Jeshimoth, and from the south under the springs of Pisgah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - And the east border is the salt sea, unto the extremity of the Jordan, and the border at the north quarter is from the bay of the sea, at the extremity of the Jordan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - and the border hath passed over unto the side of Beth-Hoglah northward, and the outgoings of the border have been unto the north bay of the salt sea, unto the south extremity of the Jordan; this is the south border;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - and Abimelech hath fought against the city all that day, and captureth the city, and the people who are in it he hath slain, and he breaketh down the city, and soweth it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:13 - And David maketh a name in his turning back from his smiting Aram in the valley of Salt -- eighteen thousand;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:20 - And he saith, 'Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;' and they bring it unto him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - and he goeth out unto the source of the waters, and casteth there salt, and saith, 'Thus said Jehovah, I have given healing to these waters; there is not thence any more death and sterility.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He hath smitten Edom, in the valley of salt -- ten thousand, and seized Selah in war, and one calleth its name Joktheel unto this day,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - And Abishai son of Zeruiah hath smitten Edom in the valley of salt -- eighteen thousand,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:5 - Is it not for you to know that Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given the kingdom to David over Israel to the age, to him and to his sons -- a covenant of salt?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - And Amaziah hath strengthened himself, and leadeth his people, and goeth to the Valley of Salt, and smiteth the sons of Seir -- ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 - To the Overseer. -- 'Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt -- twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us -- hadst been angry! -- Thou dost turn back to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:24 - And thou hast brought them near before Jehovah, and the priests have cast upon them salt, and have caused them to go up, a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:11 - Its miry and its marshy places -- they are not healed; to salt they have been given up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation -- unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them.
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