Quick Definition
City of Salt
Biblical Persons & Places
City_of_Salt
City of Salt= near Engedi (Engedi@Gen.14.7-Ezk=H5872)
A location near Engedi only mentioned at Jos.15.62;
only referred to as City of Salt (עִיר־הַמֶּ֫לַח).
Strong's Definition
Irham-Melach, a place near Palestine
Derivation: from H5892 (עִיר) and H4417 (מֶלַח) with the article of substance interp.; city of (the) salt;
KJV Usage: the city of salt.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Ir-hammelech = "the city of salt"
1) a place in the desert of Judah
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Ir-hammelech = "the city of salt"
a place in the desert of Judah
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עִיר הַמֶּלַח
‛ý̂yr haṁmelach
BDB Definition:
Ir-hammelech = the city of salt
1) a place in the desert of Judah
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5892 and H4417 with the article of substance interp
Total KJV Occurrences: 1