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מֶלַח H4417
H4417 is the Hebrew word מֶלַח, transliterated melach and said meh'-lakh. The King James Version most often renders it salt.
What it means
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved).
Where it comes from
from H4414 (מָלַח).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 24 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: salt(-pit).
Verses using מֶלַח
All 23 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 14:3 · KJV
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
Leviticus 2:13 · KJV
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 thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
Numbers 18:19 · KJV
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
Numbers 34:3 · KJV
Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
Numbers 34:12 · KJV
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
Deuteronomy 3:17 · KJV
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
Deuteronomy 29:23 · KJV
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Joshua 3:16 · KJV
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Joshua 12:3 · KJV
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
Joshua 15:2 · KJV
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
Joshua 15:5 · KJV
And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
Joshua 18:19 · KJV
And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
2 Samuel 8:13 · KJV
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
2 Kings 2:20 · KJV
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
2 Kings 2:21 · KJV
And he went forth unto 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.
2 Kings 14:7 · KJV
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
1 Chronicles 18:12 · KJV
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
2 Chronicles 13:5 · KJV
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?
2 Chronicles 25:11 · KJV
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.
Job 6:6 · KJV
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Psalm 60:1 · KJV
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
Ezekiel 43:24 · KJV
And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Zephaniah 2:9 · KJV
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 saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4417 mean?
H4417 is the Hebrew word מֶלַח (melach), meaning properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved).
How is H4417 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it salt (18 times), even the salt (3 times), suffer the salt (1 time), without salt (1 time), saltpits (1 time).
How many times does H4417 appear in the Bible?
מֶלַח (melach) is tagged in 23 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4417 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H4414 (מָלַח).
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