Greek noun (neuter) · G217
ἅλας
halashal'-as
salt
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hálas
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G217is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G217
salt; figuratively, prudence
The King James renders it: salt.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
halas is rendered "salt". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
Matthew 5:13ἅλας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eight uses are in Mark.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- salt7
- with salt1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἅλας6
- ἅλα1
- ἅλατι1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular6N-NSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1N-DSN
Matthew
two uses
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
- ἅλαςhalasnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: salt
- ἅλαςhalasnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: salt
Mark
three uses
Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
- ἅλαςhalasnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: salt
- ἅλαςhalasnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: salt
- ἅλαhalanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: salt
Luke
two uses
Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
- ἅλαςhalasnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: salt
- ἅλαςhalasnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: salt
Colossians
one use
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
- ἅλατιhalatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: with salt
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.