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Colossians 4:6

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Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)

G3588 ο

G3056 speech λογος

G5216 Let your υμων

G3842 παντοτε

G1722 be alway with εν

G5485 grace χαριτι

G217 salt αλατι

G741 seasoned ηρτυμενος

G1492 may know ειδεναι

G4459 how πως

G1163 ought δει

G5209 that ye υμας

G1520 every man ενι

G1538 εκαστω

G611 to answer αποκρινεσθαι

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Let

G5216 your

G3056 speech

alway

G1722 with

G5485 grace

G741 seasoned

G1722 with

G217 salt

that

G5209 ye

may

G1492 know

G4459 how

G5209 ye

G1163 ought

G611 answer

every

G1520 man

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Greek-English Dictionary

Strongs: G217

Greek: ἅλας

Transliteration: halas

Pronunciation: hal'-as

Part of Speech: Noun Neuter

Bible Usage: salt.

Definition:

salt; figuratively prudence

1. salt with which food is seasoned and sacrifices are sprinkled

2. those kinds of saline matter used to fertilise arable land

3. salt is a symbol of lasting concord, because it protects food from putrefaction and preserves it unchanged. Accordingly, in the solemn ratification of compacts, the orientals were, and are to this day, accustomed to partake of salt together

4. wisdom and grace exhibited in speech

Thayer's Greek–English Lexicon
of the New Testament 1889

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.