Strong G257ἅλων
threshing-floor
- Transliteration
- halōn
- Pronunciation
- hal'-ohn
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably form the base of G1507; a threshing floor (as rolled hard) that is (figuratively) the grain (and chaff as just threshed): - floor.
Detailed definition
ἅλων, -ωνος
(for Attic ἅλως, -ω, see MM, VGT, see word), ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for גֹּרֶן;]
a threshing floor: Mat.3:12, Luk.3:17 (here prob. by meton. = the grain on the threshing floor).†
(AS)
(for Attic ἅλως, -ω, see MM, VGT, see word), ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for גֹּרֶן;]
a threshing floor: Mat.3:12, Luk.3:17 (here prob. by meton. = the grain on the threshing floor).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G257 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- floor2
First verses
- Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Luke 3:17Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἅλων, ωνος, ἡ,
={ἅλως} (usually in sense 1), rare in nominative, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 31 (_plural_, in sense 11.1), LXX.Hos.9.2, “BGU” 651.5 (2nd c.AD))]; more frequently in oblique cases, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“BCH” 39.55 (Arcad., 4th c.BC)], in sense of plantation (?)), [LXX+4th c.BC+ (“PLille” 13.3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Ventis” 973a14, LXX.Gen.50.10, etc.)]
={ἅλως} (usually in sense 1), rare in nominative, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 31 (_plural_, in sense 11.1), LXX.Hos.9.2, “BGU” 651.5 (2nd c.AD))]; more frequently in oblique cases, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“BCH” 39.55 (Arcad., 4th c.BC)], in sense of plantation (?)), [LXX+4th c.BC+ (“PLille” 13.3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Ventis” 973a14, LXX.Gen.50.10, etc.)]