Salem
Bible Usage:
- Salem used 4 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 14:18
- Last Reference: Hebrews 7:2
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Salem
Peace, commonly supposed to be another name of Jerusalem (Genesis 14:18; Psalms 76:2; Hebrews 7:1, 2).
Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Salem
complete or perfect peace
Naves Topical Index
Salem
See Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Salem
(peace).
- The place of which Melchizedek was king. (Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:1,2) No satisfactory identification of it is perhaps possible. Two main opinions have been current from the earliest ages of interpretation: (1). That of the Jewish commentators, who affirm that Salem is Jerusalem, on the ground that Jerusalem is so called in (Psalms 76:2) Nearly all Jewish commentators hold this opinion. (2). Jerome, however, states that the Salem of Melchizedek was not Jerusalem, but a town eight Roman miles south of Scythopolis, and gives its then name as Salumias, and identifies it with Salem, where John baptized.
- (Psalms 76:2) it is agreed on all hands that Salem is here employed for Jerusalem.