Bible Person

Salmon

Meaning: peaceable; perfect; he that rewards · Male · 6 cross references

Salmon is the son of Nahshon and father of Boaz in the Judahite royal line. Later biblical memory also associates him with Rahab, placing him within a family sequence that leads to David and then to Jesus. First appears in Ruth 4:20.1

AI summary: Salmon matters because the cross references place him in the crucial stretch of genealogy between the wilderness generation and the Bethlehem family of Boaz. Though the narrative says little about him directly, the repeated preservation of his name in Ruth, Chronicles, Matthew, and Luke gives him real importance. He helps bridge tribal ancestry to the royal line. Taken together, the material presents Salmon as a quiet but essential ancestor in the Davidic and messianic genealogy.1

Central Figure

Salmon

Meaning: peaceable; perfect; he that rewards

Garment, the son of Nashon (Ruth 4:20; Matt.