Luke 14:34
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מֶלַח
melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
מֶלַח
melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →מֶלַח melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
Study H4417 →מֶלַח melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
Study H4417 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →Cross References
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
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