I couldn't help but notice you picked pretty much all of my flowers! 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? For salt in the soil, see |s... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled.
World English Bible Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and killed the people who were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? Here are a few of the biblical verses about salt: Numbers 18:19 - All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the LORD, I have I to you, and your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. I don't suppose you have any idea where the '23 miles' for the perimeter comes from? Matthew 5:13-16 King James Version (KJV).
Mar 22, 2016 - Salting the Earth - The Book of Judges (9:45) says that Abimelech, the judge of the Israelites, sowed his own capital, Shechem, with salt, ca. Would you agree?Thanks for that! Posted by 8 years ago. it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. If the Aramaic word used was ָתּ ֵפל tapel which can mean both "foolish" and "tasteless / dull", could it not follow that the translation from Aramaic to Greek is preserving the original sense of "dull" rather than "foolish".
Young's Literal Translation and Abimelech hath fought against the city all that day, and captureth the city, and the people who are in it he hath slain, and he breaketh down the city, and soweth it with salt. "Homer, did you have to salt the earth so nothing would ever grow there again?" Entry for 'Salting' - Webster's Dictionary - One of 28 Bible dictionaries freely available, this dictionary, with more than 75,000 entries, is a timeless resource no serious scholar should be without Madrid, Andalusia, Portugal, European Union, BarcelonaHydrogen bomb, Neutron, Gamma ray, British nuclear tests at Maralinga, Nevil ShuteSyria, Yamhad, Syrian Civil War, Mari, Syria, History of SyriaJudaism, Richard Dawkins, Jerusalem, Genocide, Hebrew languageSyria, Sumer, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Iron AgeSalt, Pinyin, Fujian, Hainan, Simplified Chinese charactersSpain, Portuguese language, Lisbon, Porto, MadeiraManila, Philippines, Bulacan, Batangas, MexicoFrance, Germany, Syria, Armenia, Portugal The original word picture of "dull" seems to fit better. I've actually tried this in a crack in my driveway where grass keeps coming up.
1050 BC, after quelling a revolt against him. Ned: Excuse me neighbor! it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.