Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4420
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- mlechah
- Pronunciation
- mel-ay-khaw'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4420
- Brief meaning
- Properly, salted (i.e. land (776 being understood)), i.e. a desert
- Source renderings
- barren land(-ness), salt (land)
- Root word
- from H4414 (in its denominative sense)
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, salted (i.e. land (776 being understood)), i.e. a desert. Root word: from H4414 (in its denominative sense).
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H4414, H776
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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04420\ 4420 mlechah mel-ay-khaw' from 4414 (in its denominative sense); properly, salted (i.e. land (776 being understood)), i.e. a desert:--barren land(-ness), salt (land). see HEBREW for 04414 see HEBREW for 0776