ἁλίζω G0233
to salt, preserve with salt; to season or to be salted
A verb describing salting action or state. Jesus warns that salt losing saltiness cannot be 'salted' again (Matt 5:13). Mark 9:49 states 'everyone will be salted with fire'—a difficult saying possibly about purifying trials. The next phrase (also 9:49) speaks of sacrifices being salted, recalling Levitical requirements. Classical usage includes supplying food with salt and passive forms for being salted or seasoned.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Refers to the act or process of salting—preserving, seasoning, or purifying. Jesus's salt sayings play on multiple meanings: disciples as preserving salt for the earth, the crisis if that salt fails, the impossibility of re-salting the saltless. Mark's 'salted with fire' usage is cryptic—perhaps trials as purifying agent, or sacrificial allusion. The consistent verb forms across languages (Spanish 'será salada/salado,' French 'saler') preserve the culinary and preservative metaphor. 3×
AR["تُمَلَّحُ", "يُمَلَّحُ"]·ben["লবণাক্ত-হবে", "লবণাক্ত-হবে?"]·DE["ἁλισθήσεται", "ἁλισθήσεται>"]·EN["will-be-salted", "will-it-be-salted"]·FR["saler"]·heb["יִמָּלֵח"]·HI["नमकीन-किया-जाएगा", "नमकीन-होगा"]·ID["akan-diasinkan"]·IT["alisthesetai"]·jav["dipun-asinaken", "saged-dipun-asinaken"]·KO["소금-치다", "소금-칠-것이다", "짜지리?"]·PT["será-salgado"]·RU["осолится"]·ES["será-salada", "será-salado"]·SW["atakoleweshwa", "itachumvishwa", "itakoleweshwa"]·TR["tuzlanacak"]·urd["نمکین-کی-جائے-گی", "نمکین-کیا-جائے-گا", "نمکین-کیا-جائےگا"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἁλίζω, [ᾰ], (ἅλς) __B salt, passive, to be salted, LXX+4th c.BC+:—passive, NT+3rd c.BC+ __B.II supply with salt or salt food, Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive Refs