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  "id": "salt",
  "name": "Salt",
  "aliases": [],
  "originalTerms": [],
  "shortDefinition": "Seasoning, preservation, covenant, and discipleship metaphor.",
  "biblicalUse": "Salt is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.",
  "symbolicUse": "",
  "usageTypes": [],
  "relatedItems": [],
  "verses": [
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 2:13",
      "book": "Leviticus",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 13,
      "netUrl": "/bible/net/leviticus/2/#leviticus-2-13",
      "occurrenceType": "listed_reference",
      "usageType": "offering",
      "note": "Listed reference for this Bible Everyday Life item.",
      "reviewStatus": "listed"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 5:13",
      "book": "Matthew",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 13,
      "netUrl": "/bible/net/matthew/5/#matthew-5-13",
      "occurrenceType": "listed_reference",
      "usageType": "teaching",
      "note": "Listed reference for this Bible Everyday Life item.",
      "reviewStatus": "listed"
    }
  ],
  "reviewStatus": "listed",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-06-14",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "food-drink",
      "title": "Food, Drink and Cooking Items in Scripture",
      "url": "/bible-everyday-life/food-drink/"
    }
  ],
  "url": "/bible-everyday-life/items/salt/",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/bible-everyday-life/items/salt/",
  "localStrongEvidence": {
    "source": "/data/bible-everyday-life/local-strongs-audit.json",
    "matchCount": 4,
    "uniqueStrongNumbers": [
      "G217",
      "H4417"
    ],
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        "itemId": "salt",
        "itemName": "Salt",
        "reference": "Leviticus 2:13",
        "localKjvReference": "Leviticus 2:13",
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        "chapter": 2,
        "verse": 13,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/leviticus/2/#leviticus-2-13",
        "tokenText": "with salt",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "H4417"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "H4417"
        ],
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        "morph": "",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [],
        "matchTerm": "Salt",
        "matchTermNormalized": "salt",
        "matchSource": "item_name",
        "confidence": "high",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
          "H4417"
        ]
      },
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        "itemId": "salt",
        "itemName": "Salt",
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        "chapter": 2,
        "verse": 13,
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        "tokenText": "neither shalt thou suffer the salt",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "H4417"
        ],
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          "H4417"
        ],
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        "lemmaTransliteration": [],
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        "contentStrongNumbers": [
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        ]
      },
      {
        "itemId": "salt",
        "itemName": "Salt",
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        "localKjvReference": "Leviticus 2:13",
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        "chapter": 2,
        "verse": 13,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/leviticus/2/#leviticus-2-13",
        "tokenText": "salt",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "H4417"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "H4417"
        ],
        "primaryStrong": "H4417",
        "morph": "",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [],
        "matchTerm": "Salt",
        "matchTermNormalized": "salt",
        "matchSource": "item_name",
        "confidence": "high",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
          "H4417"
        ]
      },
      {
        "itemId": "salt",
        "itemName": "Salt",
        "reference": "Matthew 5:13",
        "localKjvReference": "Matthew 5:13",
        "book": "Matthew",
        "chapter": 5,
        "verse": 13,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/matthew/5/#matthew-5-13",
        "tokenText": "the salt",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "G3588",
          "G217"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "G217"
        ],
        "primaryStrong": "G217",
        "morph": "robinson:T-NSN robinson:N-NSN",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [
          "το",
          "αλας"
        ],
        "matchTerm": "Salt",
        "matchTermNormalized": "salt",
        "matchSource": "item_name",
        "confidence": "high",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
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      }
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  "strongsOccurrenceExpansion": {
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    "bookCount": 18,
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      "H4417"
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  },
  "occurrencePrecision": {
    "level": "tighter lexical range",
    "readerGuidance": "Best used as a direct lexical occurrence set, while still checking the surrounding verse context.",
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    "expandedOccurrenceCount": 35,
    "bookCount": 18
  }
}