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Salem

Salem {sal-ame'}
Greek: personal noun location

Possible Definitions:
1) Salem meaning "peace" was the place where Melchizedek was king. Gen 14:18, Heb. 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 called Salem in Ps. 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 miles south of Scythopolis, and gives its name then as Salumias, and identifies it with Salem, where John baptised.

Salem {sal-ame'}

Greek: personal noun location

of Hebrew origin [8004];

Translated as:

Salem (2 times)

Strong's Number 4532

TDNT - omitted,omitted