UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἁλίζω

Notes: It would be possible to analyze the occurrence of ἁλίζω in RV MAT 5:13 · LV MAT 5:13 · Read together MAT 5:13 and RV MRK 9:49 · LV MRK 9:49 · Read together MRK 9:49 as representing two quite distinct meanings, in the first instance ‘to restore the taste of salt,’ and in the second instance ‘to cause something to taste salty.’ However, this type of distinction does not seem to be necessary, for one may define the meaning of ἁλίζω as ‘to cause something to taste salty.’ This would then apply either to salt itself which has previously lost its salty flavor or to a sacrifice which needs to be salted. However, as already noted, the meaning of ἁλίζω in RV MRK 9:49 · LV MRK 9:49 · Read together MRK 9:49 is extremely obscure and can only be understood in a highly figurative sense.