Tsalmôwn — H6756

Definition

masculine proper noun

Tsalmon, the name of a place in Palestine and of an Israelite

1. Zalmon = "shady"
2. n pr m
3. an Ahohite, one of David's mighty warriors
4. n pr loc
5. a wooded hill in Samaria near Shechem

Usually translated as

Zalmon

Origin

from H6754; shady

• Derived from Tselem (H6754)

Occurrences

Tsalmôwn occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), 2 Samuel (1), Psalms (1)

• Judges 9:48 — And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon (צַלְמ֗וֹן), he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
• 2 Samuel 23:28 — Zalmon (צַלְמוֹן֙) the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
• Psalms 68:14 — When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon (בְּצַלְמֽוֹן).