Bible Names

Salma: meaning of the name

Salma means “peace; perfection.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Salma in Hebrew and Greek

שַׂלְמָא H8007

Salmâʼ (sal-maw') — Salma, the name of two Israelites

probably for H8008 (שַׂלְמָה); clothing;

Who named Salma in the Bible

Salma in Scripture

“Salma” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:11

    And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

  • 1 Chronicles 2:51

    Salma the father of Beth–lehem, Hareph the father of Beth–gader.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:54

    The sons of Salma; Beth–lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.