Strong H6756H6756Aצַלְמוֹן
(Mount) Zalmon
One of the 2 senses of Strong H6756
- Transliteration
- tsalmôn
- Pronunciation
- tsal-mone'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Mount Ebal, also known as Mount Zalmon or Mount Ephraim, was a mountain in Canaan where the Israelites held a ceremony of curses and blessings (Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:4, 13; Joshua 8:30, 33; Judges 9:48; Psalm 68:14; Jeremiah 4:15).
Meaning of the name
Zalmon = "shady"
General definition
From H6754; shady;
{Tsalmon} the name of a place in Palestine and of an Israelite: - Zalmon.
{Tsalmon} the name of a place in Palestine and of an Israelite: - Zalmon.
In the biblical story
Ebal Mount
A mountain in Canaan, site of curses and blessings ceremony.
Mount Ebal, also known as Mount Zalmon or Mount Ephraim, was a mountain in Canaan where the Israelites held a ceremony of curses and blessings (Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:4, 13; Joshua 8:30, 33; Judges 9:48; Psalm 68:14; Jeremiah 4:15).
In the Bible
Strong H6756A appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- salmon1
- zalmon1
First verses
- Judges 9:48And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
- Psalms 68:14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.