Hebrew · Strong’s H4414
מָלַח
mâlach/maw-lakh'/
properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)
Derivation:
a primitive root; also as denominative from H4417 (מֶלַח)
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Times used
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Old Testament
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New Testament
Verses
Words derived from it
- H4417מֶלַח melachproperly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
- H4419מַלָּח mallâcha sailor (as following 'the salt')
- H4420מְלֵחָה mᵉlêchâhproperly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert
- H4418מָלָח mâlâcha rag or old garment
- H4415מְלַח mᵉlachto eat salt, i.e. (generally) subsist
- H4408מַלּוּחַ mallûwachsea-purslain (from its saltness)
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.