Definition

properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)

Etymology

from H4414 (מָלַח);

Word family

• מָלַח mâlach

How the KJV renders it

• salt(-pit)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.