ἀρτύω
artuō
to season
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἀρτύω (artuō) is a verb that means "to season." This verb is used downtimes in the New Testament, which suggests that it carries a sense of adding flavor or enhancement to something. The semantic domain of Time & Duration is somewhat unexpected for a word that means "to season," but it may indicate that the process of seasoning is seen as a temporal or ongoing activity. The limited occurrences of this word in the Bible (only 3 times) suggest that it is not a word with a wide range of usage or significance. However, its meaning as "to season" implies that it can be used in contexts related to food, cooking, or the enhancement of something.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
Luke 14:34Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.