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Christ and the efficacy of His expiatory sacrifice is to expose oneself to the doom of
being “salted with fire,” Mark 9:49.
While “salt” is used to fertilize soil, excess of it on the ground produces sterility (e.g.,
Deut. 29:23; Judg. 9:45; Jer. 17:6; Zeph. 2:9).
B. Verb.
(
2 &
, 233), akin to A, signifies “to sprinkle” or “to season with salt,” Matt.
5:13; Mark 9:49 (see under A).¶ Cf. SAVOR, B.
C. Adjectives.
1.
$
(
2
, 252) occurs in Jas. 3:12, “salt (water).”¶
2.
(
/
, 358) denotes “saltless” ( , negative, , euphonic, and A), insipid,
Mark 9:50, “have lost its saltness,” lit., “have become (
) saltless (
)”; cf.
in Luke 14:34 (see
SAVOR
, B).
For
SALUTATION and SALUTE
see
GREET
SALVATION
A. Nouns.
1.
(
$&
, 4991) denotes “deliverance, preservation, salvation.” “Salvation”
is used in the NT (a) of material and temporal deliverance from danger and apprehension,
(1) national, Luke 1:69, 71; Acts 7:25,
RV
marg., “salvation” (text, “deliverance”); (2)
personal, as from the sea, Acts 27:34;
RV
, “safety” (
KJV
, “health”); prison, Phil. 1:19; the
flood, Heb. 11:7; (b) of the spiritual and eternal deliverance granted immediately by God
to those who accept His conditions of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus, in whom
alone it is to be obtained, Acts 4:12, and upon confession of Him as Lord, Rom. 10:10;
for this purpose the gospel is the saving instrument, Rom. 1:16; Eph. 1:13 (see further
under
SAVE
); (c) of the present experience of God’s power to deliver from the bondage of
sin, e.g., Phil. 2:12, where the special, though not the entire, reference is to the
maintenance of peace and harmony; 1 Pet. 1:9; this present experience on the part of
believers is virtually equivalent to sanctification; for this purpose, God is able to make
them wise, 2 Tim. 3:15; they are not to neglect it, Heb. 2:3; (d) of the future deliverance
of believers at the Parousia of Christ for His saints, a salvation which is the object of their
confident hope, e.g., Rom. 13:11; 1 Thess. 5:8, and v. 9, where “salvation” is assured to
them, as being deliverance from the wrath of God destined to be executed upon the
ungodly at the end of this age (see 1 Thess. 1:10); 2 Thess. 2:13; Heb. 1:14; 9:28; 1 Pet.
1:5; 2 Pet. 3:15; (e) of the deliverance of the nation of Israel at the second advent of
Christ at the time of “the epiphany (or shining forth) of His Parousia” (2 Thess. 2:8);
Luke 1:71; Rev. 12:10; (f) inclusively, to sum up all the blessings bestowed by God on
men in Christ through the Holy Spirit, e.g., 2 Cor. 6:2; Heb. 5:9; 1 Pet. 1:9, 10; Jude 3;
(g) occasionally, as standing virtually for the Savior, e.g., Luke 19:9; cf. John 4:22 (see
SAVIOR
); (h) in ascriptions of praise to God, Rev. 7:10, and as that which it is His
prerogative to bestow, 19:1 (
RV
).
2.
(
)$
, 4992), the neuter of the adjective (see B), is used as a noun in
Luke 2:30; 3:6, in each of which it virtually stands for the Savior, as in No. 1 (g); in Acts
28:28, as in No. 1 (b); in Eph. 6:17, where the hope of “salvation” [see No. 1 (d)] is
metaphorically described as “a helmet.”¶