Strong H44142 sensesמָלַח

to salt · to dissipate

Transliteration
mâlach
Pronunciation
maw-lakh'

The 2 senses of Strong H4414

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H4414 appears in 4 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to saltH4414Bto salt, season3 verses · Exodus, Leviticus, Ezekiel
  2. to dissipateH4414Ato tear away, dissipate1 verse · Isaiah

General definition

A primitive root; properly to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively to disappear as dust; also (as denominative from H4417) to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt): - X at {all} {salt} {season} temper {together} vanish away.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • at1
  • salt1
  • season1
  • temper1
  • vanish1

First verses

  1. Exodus 30:35
    And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
  2. Leviticus 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 thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
  3. Isaiah 51:6
    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
  4. Ezekiel 16:4
    And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.