What does ἀρτύω (artýō) mean in the Bible?
ἀρτύω (artýō): To season food with salt; metaphorically, to season speech with grace and wisdom.
Greek · G741
ἀρτύω
To season
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ἀρτύω G741
Pronunciation artýō
What does ἀρτύω (artýō) mean in the Bible?
ἀρτύω (artýō): To season food with salt; metaphorically, to season speech with grace and wisdom.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G741?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include seasoned (1), will it be seasoned (1), will you season (1).
Where does ἀρτύω (artýō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 9:50. Its strongest book concentrations include Colossians (1), Luke (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It seasoned 1× Colossians 4:6
will it be seasoned 1× Luke 14:34
will you season 1× Mark 9:50
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 9:50 ἀρτύσετε to will you season Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Luke 14:34 ἀρτυθήσεται to will it be seasoned Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Colossians 4:6 ἠρτυμένος to seasoned Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 9:50
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Mark 1 Luke 1 Colossians 1
Source forms
ἀρτυθήσεται 1x artythēsetai Luke 14:34
ἀρτύσετε 1x artysete Mark 9:50
ἠρτυμένος 1x ērtymenos Colossians 4:6
Parsing patterns
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x Mark 9:50
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 14:34
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Colossians 4:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To season food with salt; metaphorically, to season speech with grace and wisdom.
Strong's G741
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 14:25-35 Source Gloss
to season
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 9:50 Verb Second Person Plural Future Active Indicative
ἀρτύσετε; artusete
I season, flavor
Read verse Luke 14:34 Verb Third Person Singular Future Passive Indicative
ἀρτυθήσεται; artuqhsetai
I season, flavor
Read verse Colossians 4:6 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἠρτυμένος, hrtumenov
I season, flavor
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
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Form groups 2 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Future, Perfect Voices Active, Passive
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Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Future Active Mark 9:50 1×
Future Passive Luke 14:34 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Perfect Passive Col 4:6 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
future 2 perfect 1
Voice
passive 2 active 1
Mood
indicative 2 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Salt loses its seasoning quality, becoming insipid and worthless
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀρτύω is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain