H4417 - מֶלַח (melach)

H4417 מֶלַח (melach) meh'-lakh

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

Salt (Sea)

Biblical Persons & Places

Salt_Sea Salt Sea

A location first mentioned at Gen.14.3; referred to as Salt Sea (מֶ֫לַח), or (Sea of the )Arabah (KJV= "sea of the plain," NIV= Dead Sea) (עֲרָבָה).

Salt_Valley Valley of Salt

A location first mentioned at 2Sa.8.13; only referred to as Salt Valley (מֶ֫לַח גַּיְא).

Strong's Definition

melach meh'-lakh From H4414; properly powder , that is, (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved): - salt ([-pit]).

Derivation: from H4414 (מָלַח);

KJV Usage: salt(-pit).

TWOT Reference: 1197a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) salt

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

salt Also named: a.ra.vah (עֲרָבָה "(Sea of the )Arabah" H6160K)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מֶלַח melach BDB Definition: 1) salt Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H4414 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1197a Total KJV Occurrences: 28

Bible Occurrences (26)

14:3 19:26

2:13

18:19 34:3 34:12

3:17 29:23

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

9:45

8:13

2:20 2:21 14:7

18:12

13:5 25:11

6:6

60:1

43:24 47:11

2:9

Genesis 14:3

The latter [five] came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea

Genesis 19:26

But [Lot’s] wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Leviticus 2:13

And you shall season each of your grain offerings... with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.

Numbers 18:19

All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters... as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring....

Numbers 34:3

Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,

Numbers 34:12

Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end... at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.

Deuteronomy 3:17

The Jordan [River] in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea... with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.

Deuteronomy 29:23

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown... and unproductive..., with no plant growing on it,... just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger....