Biblical place
Where was Salt Sea?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Dead Sea.
First appears in Genesis 14:3 · 11 books · 16 chapters
Overview
(Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river, as the Nile (Isa. 19:5), the Euphrates (Isa. 21:1; Jer. 51:36); (3) the Red Sea. Modern identification: Dead Sea.
Salt Sea is represented in the local geography layer as Dead Sea. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 14:3 and is mentioned across 11 books, with 21 verse references collected into the glossary index.
Nearby biblical places
Where it sits on the map
How to get to Salt Sea today
Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.
Salt Sea names a waterway or shoreline rather than one stop, so the map point acts as a geographic center inside the wider corridor.
Salt Sea is mapped here as a representative point along the wider water corridor.
This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Borders, permits, local access, and the exact identification of biblical landscapes can change.
Key passages
Appears in
4 chapters · 5 verse mentions
2 chapters · 5 verse mentions
1 chapter · 2 verse mentions
2 chapters · 2 verse mentions
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention