Quick Definition
to eat salt
Strong's Definition
m e lach mel-akh' (Chaldee); corresponding to H4414; to eat salt, that is, (generally) subsist: - + have maintenance.
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H4414 (מָלַח);
KJV Usage: [phrase] have maintenance.
TWOT Reference: 2828
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (P'al) to eat salt
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
(P'al) to eat salt
Aramaic of ma.lach (מָלַח "to salt" H4414B)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מְלַח (Aramaic)
melach
BDB Definition:
1) (Peal) to eat salt
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: corresponding to H4414
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2828
Total KJV Occurrences: 1