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ἁλμυρός

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Gloss: brackish

Transliteration: halmuros

Strong’s: G6239

1. salt, briny , (Odyssey by Homer)
2. of taste, salt, brackish , (Thucydides)
3. metaphorically bitter, distasteful , Lat. amarus, (Plato Philosophus), etc.; ἁλμυρὰ κλαίειν to weep bitterly , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
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