Lexicon :: Strong's H4420 - mᵊlēḥâ

מְלֵחָה
Transliteration
mᵊlēḥâ
Pronunciation
mel-ay-khaw'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From מָלַח (H4414) (in its denominative sense)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1197b

Strong’s Definitions

מְלֵחָה mᵉlêchâh, mel-ay-khaw'; from H4414 (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776) properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert:—barren land(-ness), salt (land).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H4420 in the following manner: barren (1x), barrenness (1x), salt (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H4420 in the following manner: barren (1x), barrenness (1x), salt (1x).

  1. saltness, barrenness, saltiness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְלֵחָה mᵉlêchâh, mel-ay-khaw'; from H4414 (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776) properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert:—barren land(-ness), salt (land).
STRONGS H4420: Abbreviations
† מְלֵחָה noun feminine saltness, barrenness; — Job 39:6 (|| עֲרָבָה) as dwelling-place of wild ass, salt-plain; אֶרֶץ מְלֵחָה Jeremiah 17:6 (|| לֹא תֵשֵׁב); Psalm 107:34 (opposed to פְּרִי אֶרֶץ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

39:6

Psalms

107:34

Jeremiah

17:6