- ἅλας
- ἅλας, ατος, τό (Aristot. et al.; pap since III B.C. [Mayser 286; Nägeli 58, 1]; LXX [Helbing 49; Thackeray 152]; TestSol 18:34 [cp. PVindobBosw]; TestLevi 9:14. For the v.l. ἅλα Mk 9:50; Lk 14:34 [Sb 8030, 21 (47 A.D.), prob. a back-formation fr. ἅλατ-on the model of σῶμα, ατος] s. W-S. §9, n. 7; B-D-F §47, 4; Mlt-H. 132f. From the class. form ἅλς only ἁλί [cp. Lev 2:13] as v.l. in Mk 9:49 and ἁλός 1 Cl 11:2 [Gen 19:26]) saltⓐ lit. as seasoning for food or as fertilizer Mt 5:13b; Mk 9:50ab; Lk 14:34 (EDeatrick, Biblical Archaeologist 25, ’62, 41–48).ⓑ fig., of the spiritual qualities of the disciples (cp. Diogenes 4 p. 94, 13 Malherbe, of the men at Athens) τὸ ἅ. τῆς γῆς Mt 5:13a; cp. Mk 9:50c and s. the comm. Of speech that is winsome or witty (Plut., Mor. 514ef; 685a: life seasoned with words) ὁ λόγος ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος (sc. ἔστω) let your speech be seasoned w. salt Col 4:6. (Diog. L. 4, 67: Timon [III B.C.] says the speech of the Academics is ἀνάλιστος, ‘dry’).—B. 382. DELG s.v. ἅλς M-M. TW.
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