Strong's Definition
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)
KJV Usage: [idiom] at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.
TWOT Reference: 1196,1197
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to tear away, dissipate
1a) (Niphal) to be dispersed, be dissipated
2) to salt, season
2a) (Qal) to salt, season
2b) (Pual) to be salted
2c) (Hophal) to be rubbed or washed with salt
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָלַח
mâlach
BDB Definition:
1) to tear away, dissipate
1a) (Niphal) to be dispersed, be dissipated
2) to salt, season
2a) (Qal) to salt, season
2b) (Pual) to be salted
2c) (Hophal) to be rubbed or washed with salt
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1196, 1197
Total KJV Occurrences: 4