(Mount) Zalmon
צַלְמוֹןStrong’s H6756tsalmon (tsal-mon)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsalmon is the Hebrew word usually translated “zalmon” and “on zalmon”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, 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.”
Meaning
- Zalmon = "shady"
- A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.28; also called Ilai at 1Ch.11.29
How it's translated
- zalmon 2
- on zalmon 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- Psalms 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
צַלְמוֹן tsalmon · (Mount) Zalmon
Zalmon = "shady" a wooded hill in Samaria near Shechem Another name of e.val (עֵיבָל "(Mount )Ebal" H5858C)
עִילַי ilay · Ilai
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.28; also called Ilai at 1Ch.11.29; Another name of tsal.mon (צַלְמוֹן "Zalmon" H6756B) § Ilai = "exalted" an Ahohite, one of David's mighty warriors
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.