ἄναλος
analos
G0358
G:A
Greek
unsalty
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analos describes salt that has become unsalty and can no longer season in Mark 9:50.
The term describes salt in the condition of having become unsalty, set against its usefulness for seasoning in Mark 9:50.
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Salt that has become unfit for seasoning · dominant
In Mark 9:50, the nominative singular neuter form describes salt after it “becomes unsalty,” in a question about what could season it afterward. The APB renders the clause “if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you season it?”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Mark 9:50, the APB presents the condition as salt that “becomes unsalty.” This wording is treated as the verse's rendering of the clause rather than a precise lexical equivalence.