Matthew 5:13
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מֶלַח
melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
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.
מָלַח
mâlach
properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub ...
הָלְאָה
hâlᵉʼâh
to the distance, i.e. far away; also (of time) thus far
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...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
דָּרַךְ
dârak
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָלַח mâlach
properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)
Study H4414 →הָלְאָה hâlᵉʼâh
to the distance, i.e. far away; also (of time) thus far
Study H1973 →דָּרַךְ dârak
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
Study H1869 →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 →רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou s...
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