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
עִיר־הַמֶּ֫לַח (ir ham.me.lach) — City of Salt.
§ Ir-hammelech = "the city of salt" a place in the desert of Judah
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name · עִיר · מֶלַח
Names of Locations
Ir-Melach, City of Salt, Salt Town = town; ◄ located in the wilderness; territory of Judah
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עִיר־הַמֶּ֫לַח n.pr.loc. (city of salt) in desert of Judah Jos 15:62 ref