Saltness Salt

Saltness Salt

'''A — 1: ἅλς (Strong'S #251 — Noun Masculine — halas — halce )

a late form of hals (found in some mss. in  Mark 9:49 ), is used (a) literally in  Matthew 5:13 (2nd part);   Mark 9:50 (1st part, twice);   Luke 14:34 (twice); (b) metaphorically, of "believers,"   Matthew 5:13 (1st part); of their "character and condition,"   Mark 9:50 (2nd part); of "wisdom" exhibited in their speech,   Colossians 4:6 .

 Numbers 18:19 2 Chronicles 13:5 Mark 9:50 Matthew 5:13 Leviticus 2:13 Mark 9:49 Deuteronomy 29:23 Judges 9:45 Jeremiah 17:6 Zephaniah 2:9

'''B — 1: ἁλίζω (Strong'S #233 — Verb — halizo — hal-id'-zo )

akin to A, signifies "to sprinkle" or "to season with salt,"  Matthew 5:13;  Mark 9:49 (see under A). Cp. Savor, B.

'''C — 1: ἁλυκός (Strong'S #252 — Adjective — halukos — hal-oo-kos' )

occurs in  James 3:12 , "salt (water)."

'''C — 2: ἄναλος (Strong'S #358 — Adjective — analos — an'-al-os )

denotes "saltless" (a, negative, n, euphonic, and A), insipid,  Mark 9:50 , "have lost its saltness," lit., "have become (ginomai) saltless (analos);" cp. moraino in  Luke 14:34 (see Savor , B).