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salt

Meaning of “salt”

A mineral substance used for seasoning or cleansing.

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40 occurrences34 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:3

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Genesis 19:26
¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 19:26 · retained source text

¶ But his wife looked backe from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Leviticus 2:13
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 shalt offer salt.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 2:13 · retained source text

And euery oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the Couenant of thy God to bee lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

1611 marginal noteMarke 9.49.

Numbers 18:19
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:19 · retained source text

All the heaue offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer vnto the LORD, haue I giuen thee and thy sonnes, and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for euer: it is a couenant of salt for euer, before the LORD vnto thee, and to thy seed with thee.

Numbers 34:3
Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 34:3 · retained source text

Then your South quarter shall be from the wildernesse of Zin, along by the coast of Edom, and your South border shall be the outmost coast of the salt Sea Eastward.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 15.1.

Numbers 34:12
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 34:12 · retained source text

And the border shall goe downe to Iordane, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coastes thereof round about.

Deuteronomy 3:17
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 3:17 · retained source text

The plaine also, and Iordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth, euen vnto the sea of the plaine, euen the salt sea, vnder Ashdoth Pisgah Eastward.

1611 marginal noteOr, vnder the springs of Pisgah, or the hill.

Deuteronomy 29:23
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 29:23 · retained source text

And that the whole land thereof is brimstone and salt, and burning, that it is not sowen, nor beareth, nor any grasse groweth therein, like the ouerthrow of Sodome, and Gomorah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD ouerthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

1611 marginal noteGen. 19.24,25.

Joshua 3:16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 3:16 · retained source text

That the waters which came downe from aboue, stood and rose vp vpon an heape very farre, from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came downe toward the sea of the plaine, euen the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed ouer right against Iericho.

Joshua 12:3
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 12:3 · retained source text

And from the plaine, to the Sea of Cinneroth on the East, and vnto the sea of the plaine, euen the salt sea on the East, the way to Beth-Ieshimoth: and from the South, vnder Ashdoth-Pisgah.

1611 marginal noteOr, Teman

1611 marginal noteOr, the springs of Pisgah, or the hill.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 3.17. & 4.49.

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