Strong's Hebrew · H4420
מְלֵחָה
mᵉlêchâh · mel-ay-khaw'
Definitionproperly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert
Derivationfrom H4414 (מָלַח) (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776 (אֶרֶץ))
KJV usagebarren land(-ness), salt (land).
Occurrences3 in the KJV · 3 verses
מְלֵחָה in Scripture
Job 39:6
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
Psalms 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Jeremiah 17:6
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.