"without saltness, without the taste and pungency of salt, insipid, Mk. 9:50"
Definition and meaning
without saltness, without the taste and pungency of salt, insipid, Mk. 9:50
In the original Greek the word is written: ἄναλος
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of analos (G358) across the King James Bible.
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
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Common questions
Strong's G358 (analos) is a Greek word that means: without saltness, without the taste and pungency of salt, insipid, Mk. 9:50 It appears 1 times in the King James Bible.
The word analos (G358) appears 1 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G358 is analos, a Greek word defined as: without saltness, without the taste and pungency of salt, insipid, Mk. 9:50. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
analos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.