G217Greeksalt

salt

salt; figuratively, prudence

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Detailed Definition

  • 1salt with which food is seasoned and sacrifices are sprinkled
  • 2those kinds of saline matter used to fertilize arable land
  • 3salt is a symbol of lasting concord
  • 4wisdom and grace exhibited in speech

Etymology & Derivation

from g0251

Scholarly Notes

because salt protects food from putrefaction and preserves it unchanged it is a symbol of a lasting agreement. accordingly, in the solemn ratification of compacts, middle easterners were, and are to this day, accustomed to partake of salt together.

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