Strong H5548סַלְכָה

Salecah

Transliteration
salkâh
Pronunciation
sal-kaw'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From an unused root meaning to walk;
walking;
{Salcah} a place East of the Jordan: - {Salcah} Salchah.

Meaning of the name

Salcah or Salchah = "migration"

Detailed definition

Salecah was a city in the region of Bashan, east of the Jordan River, associated with the kingdoms of Og and Sihon (Deut. 3:10; Josh. 12:5; 13:11; 1 Chr. 5:11).

In the biblical story

Salecah

City in Bashan, east of the Jordan River

Salecah was a city in the region of Bashan, east of the Jordan River, associated with the kingdoms of Og and Sihon (Deut. 3:10; Josh. 12:5; 13:11; 1 Chr. 5:11).

In the Bible

Strong H5548 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • salcah2
  • salchah2

First verses

  1. Deuteronomy 3:10
    All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
  2. Joshua 12:5
    And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
  3. Joshua 13:11
    And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
  4. 1 Chronicles 5:11
    And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:
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