Strong H4417H4417Hמֶ֫לַח
(Valley of) Salt
One of the 3 senses of Strong H4417
- Transliteration
- melach
- Pronunciation
- meh'-lakh
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
General definition
From H4414; properly {powder} that {is} (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved): - salt ([-pit]).
In the biblical story
Salt Valley
Valley where David and his commanders defeated enemies
The Salt Valley was a location where David and his commanders defeated the Edomites and Arameans (2 Sa. 8:13; 2 Ki. 14:7; 1 Chr. 18:12; 2 Chr. 25:11; Psa. 60:1).
In the Bible
Strong H4417H appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- salt4
First verses
- 2 Samuel 8:13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
- 2 Kings 14:7He 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 18:12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
- 2 Chronicles 25:11And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.