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G252 ἁλυκός (halykós)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

saltysaltinebitter

Strong's Definition

briny

Derivation: from G251 (ἅλς);

KJV Usage: salt

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἁλυκός, (ή, , salt (equivalent to ἁλμυρός): Jas_3:12. ((Hippoicr., Aristophanes) Plato, Tim., p. 65 e.; Aristotle, Theophrastus, others.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἁλυκός halykos 1x brackish, bitter, salt, Jas_3:12

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἁλυκός , -ή , -όν ( < ἅλς ), [in LXX for H4416 , H7708 ;] salt: Jas_3:12 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἁλυκός [page 24] BGU I. 14 iv. 22 (iii/A.D.) τυρῶν ἁλυκῶν , ib. IV. 1069 verso i. 9 τιμὴ ζύτου εὐπρατικ [οῦ ] καὶ ἁλυκῆς : the last two words are interlinear, and their relation is not clear the writer is Illiterate enough to mean cheap and salted beer, no doubt a popular beverage then as now. But query? Mayser Gr. p. 102 shows that ἁλικός , really a distinct word, supplants the earlier ἁλυκός in Hellenistic.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἁλυκός, -ή, -όν (ἅλς), [in LXX for מְלַח, שִׂדִּים ;] salt: Jas.3:12.† (AS)

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