Strong G252ἁλυκός
salty
- Transliteration
- halukos
- Pronunciation
- hal-oo-kos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G251; briny: - salt.
Detailed definition
ἁλυκός, -ή, -όν
(ἅλς), [in LXX for מְלַח, שִׂדִּים;]
salt: Jas.3:12.†
(AS)
(ἅλς), [in LXX for מְלַח, שִׂדִּים;]
salt: Jas.3:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G252 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- salt1
First verses
- James 3:12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἁλῠκ-ός, ή, όν,
salt, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 42, “Aër.” 1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 403, LXX.Gen.14.3)]; brackish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.3.5.)]
salt, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 42, “Aër.” 1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 403, LXX.Gen.14.3)]; brackish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.3.5.)]