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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 were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:26 - But his wife looked back from 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 oblation of thy meat-offering shalt thou season with salt: neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat-offering: with all thy offerings thou shalt 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, have I given to thee, and to thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to thee and to thy seed with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the border of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the limits of it shall be at the salt sea: This shall be your land with its limits on all sides.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast of it, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the plain, even the salt-sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - And that the whole land of it is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor doth it bear, nor doth any grass grow in it, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan; and those that came down towards the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - And from the plain to the sea of Cinneroth on the east, and to the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - And their south border was from the shore of the salt-sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - And the east border was the salt-sea, even to the end of Jordan: and their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea, at the uttermost part of Jordan:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the limits of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan. This was the south border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and beat down 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 him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of Salt, being eighteen thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:20 - And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - And he went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He slew of Edom in the valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it 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 slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:5 - Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - Can that which is unsavory 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 upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:24 - And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them for a burnt-offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:11 - But its miry places and its marshes shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall lay them waste, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
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