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G4532 Σαλήμ (Salḗm)
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Quick Definition

Σαλήμ, ἡ Prop.n. Salem

Strong's Definition

of Hebrew origin (8004); Salem (i.e. Shalem), a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Salem

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, f. | indeclinable

93.566 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Salem a place of which Melchizedek was king; see also 93.321

HEB 7:1 · HEB 7:2

93.321 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Collocation: βασιλεὺς Σαλήμ

king of Salem the expression βασιλεὺς Σαλήμ ‘king of Salem’ (HEB 7:1 HEB 7:2 may be interpreted as ‘king of peace,’ and as such it may be regarded as an honorific name It is also possible that Σαλήμ refers to a place (see 93.566).

HEB 7:1 · HEB 7:2

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Σαλήμ, ἡ, (Heb. pow), Salem: Heb. vii. 1 sq.; ef. Gen. xiv. 18, which some (as Gesenius, Winer, Hitzig, Knobel, Delitzsch) think is the ancient name of the city of Jerusalem, appealing to the words of Ps. Ixxvi. 3 ΠῚ jDD D2wWaA, and Joseph. antt. 1, 10, 2 τὴν μέντοι Σόλυμα ὕστερον ἐκάλεσαν Ἱεροσόλυμα; cf. Ὁ. j. 6,10. But more correctly [yet ef. B. D. s. v. Salem, and s. v. Melchizedek sub fin.] others (as Rosenmiiller, Bleek, Tuch, Roediger in Gesen. Thesaur. 85. v. p. 1422, Dillmann), relying on the testimony of Jerome ([Ep. ad Evangelum ὃ 7 i. e.] Ep. 73 in Vallarsi’s ed. of his Opp. i. p. 446), hold that it is the same as Σαλείμ (q.v.). For the ancient name of Jerusalem was 033} (Judg. xix. 10; 1 Chr. xi. 4; [ef. B.D. Am. ed. 5. v. Jebus]}), and the form of the name in Ps. Ixxvi. 3 [where Sept. εἰρήνη] is to be regarded as poetical, signifying ‘safe.’

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Σαλήμ Salēm 2x

(Hebrew, meaning peace), Salem, pr. name, indecl., Heb. 7:1f.*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Σαλήμ, ἡ (Heb. שָׁלֵם Ge 14:18), Salem: He 7:1, 2 (LXX).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Σαλήμ (Salēm) — Salem. Σαλήμ, ἡ (Heb. שָׁלֵם Gen.14:18), Salem: Heb.7:1-2 (LXX).† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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