Salma

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Salmon. Son (Descendant) of Nahshon, prince of Judah, father (Forefather) of Boaz ( Ruth 4:20-21;  1 Chronicles 2:50-51;  1 Chronicles 2:54-55;  Matthew 1:4-5;  Luke 3:32). Of the sons of Caleb (I.E., By Residence Or Marriage Becoming Head Of Bethlehem In Caleb'S Territory, Salma Was Reckoned Of Caleb'S Family) . Father, i.e. founder or headman, of Bethlehem. Salma took Rahab of Jericho to be his wife. The Netophathites also, Joab's house, the Zorites, etc., had Salma as their head. Doubtless one or more links in the genealogy between Nahshon and Salma, and again between Salma and Boaz, have been passed over, possibly one also between Obed and Jesse. The chain from Perez to David consists of ten links, five (From Perez To Nahshon) belonging to the 430 years' sojourn in Egypt, and five (From Salma To David) belonging to the 476 between the Exodus and David's death. This symmetrical division, as well as the limitation of the whole genealogy to ten, is evidently intentional, ten being the number sealing the genealogy as a perfect completed whole.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 2:11 2 1 Chronicles 2:51

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Sal'ma. See Salmon .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Caleb, and father or founder of Bethlehem.  1 Chronicles 2:51,54 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

SALMA . See Salmon.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. שִׂלְמָא , Salma ', A Garment ; Sept. Σαλμάν , Σαλωμών , v.r. Σαλμών ), the name of two men.

1. An ancestor of David and Christ (1 Chronicles 2, 11); elsewhere SALMON (See Salmon) (q.v.).

2. The second-named of three sons of Caleb the son of Hur, called the "father" (i.e. founder) of Bethlehem and of the Netophathites ( 1 Chronicles 2:51;  1 Chronicles 2:54), B.C. ante 1500. Lord Hervey (Genealogy of Our Lord, ch. 4, 9) confounds this person with the preceding (see Keil, ad loc.).