ἅλς G0251
Salt, the mineral sodium chloride used for seasoning and preservation
This noun means salt, the essential mineral for seasoning and preserving food. In Mark 9:49, Jesus uses cryptic imagery about being 'salted with fire' and sacrifices 'salted with salt.' Classical Greek used the same word for both salt and sea, creating wordplay. The multilingual evidence (Spanish 'sal', French 'sel', German 'Salz') uniformly identifies the mineral substance. Jesus frequently used salt metaphorically for preservation, flavor, and covenant loyalty, here connecting it mysteriously with purifying fire and sacrifice.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — The dative masculine singular form indicates salt used instrumentally, as the agent of salting. Levitical law required all grain offerings to be seasoned with salt (Lev 2:13), representing covenant preservation. Jesus' difficult saying connects salt's preservative and purifying functions with fire's refining work, both preparing believers as living sacrifices. The salt-fire combination suggests both preservation and purification in Christian formation and suffering. 1×
AR["بِمِلْحٍ"]·ben["লবণ-দিয়ে"]·DE["Salz"]·EN["with-salt"]·FR["sel"]·heb["בְּ-מֶלַח"]·HI["नमक-से"]·ID["dengan-garam"]·IT["ali"]·jav["kanthi-uyah"]·KO["소금-으로"]·PT["com-sal"]·RU["солью"]·ES["con-sal"]·SW["kwa-chumvi"]·TR["tuzla"]·urd["نمک-سے"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
ἅλς, ἁλός [ᾰ], h( __B (ἁλὸς πολιοῖοRefs 8th c.BC+, sea (generally of shallow water near shore), εἰς ἅλα δῖανRefs 8th c.BC+in sea-water, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἁλὸς πελάγη or πέλαγος, Refs 8th c.BC+; in plural (with a pun on ἅλς A), Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Latin sal: both masculine and feminine are from the same root.)