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0217 – ἅλας (halas)

salt


Type:
Noun
neut. ♁
Greek: ἅλας (halas)
Pronunciation: hal-as    Listen
Gematria: 38(1 + 30 + 1 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: From G0251
Usage: 8 times in NA, 7 times in TR     

Description

  1. Salt with which food is seasoned and sacrifices are sprinkled.
  2. Those kinds of saline matter used to fertilise arable land.
  3. Salt is a symbol of lasting concord, because it protects food from putrefaction and preserves it unchanged. Accordingly, in the solemn ratification of compacts, the orientals were, and are to this day, accustomed to partake of salt together.
  4. Wisdom and grace exhibited in speech.


Origin

From G0251:

ἅλςhalsG0251salt

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into halas :

מָלַחmalachH4414ato dissipate
מְלַחmelachA4416salt

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
N-ASN-1
Noun Noun
dative sing. neut. dative singular Neutral
N-DSN-1
Noun Noun
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
N-NSN-6


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Usage in NT


2
3
2
1
Total    8

References (8 occurances in 4 verses)




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