adjective
halukem
Greekἁλυκός (halukos)
Strong’sG252
salty, saltine, bitter
stem haluk-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἁλυκός, -ή, -όν
(< ἅλς), [in LXX for מֵלַח, שִׂדִּים;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G252 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhal-oo-kos'
briny
Fromfrom G251;
King Jamessalt.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | halukos | halukas | halukem1×ἁλυκὸν | halukois | halukais | halukeim |
| object accusative | halukon | halukan | halukoin | halukain | ||
| direct address vocative | halukor | halukar | halukoir | halukair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | halukou | halukau | halukeu | halukoiu | halukaiu | halukeiu |
| to, for dative | haluko | haluka | haluke | halukoi | halukai | halukei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
haluk is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
halukem“salt”subject or objectdirect singular1×
James 3:12“salt”mē dunetō, adelfoir mu, sukas elaiain poiara ē ampelas sukeim? oute halukem glukuem poiara hudōrem.My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.