Strong G3039λικμάω
to crush
- Transliteration
- likmaō
- Pronunciation
- lik-mah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From λικμός likmos the equivalent. of λίκνον liknon (a winnowing fan or basket); to winnow that is (by analogy) to triturate: - grind to powder.
Detailed definition
λικμάω, -ῶ
(λικμός = λίκνον, a winnowing-fan), [in LXX chiefly for זָרָה ni., pi., Rut.3:2 3Ki.14:15, Isa.17:13, Jer.31:10, Dan.2:44, al.;]
1. in cl., to winnow (so Ru, l.with).
2. In LXX (ll with, exc. Ru), to scatter (as chaff or dust): Luk.20:18 (RV, scatter as dust, Deiss., BS, 225 f., quotes ex. in π. which suggests the meaning ruin, destroy; cf. Vg. comminuet, AV, grind to powder; cf. also Kennedy, Sources, 126), Mat.21:44 [WH], R, txt.†
(AS)
(λικμός = λίκνον, a winnowing-fan), [in LXX chiefly for זָרָה ni., pi., Rut.3:2 3Ki.14:15, Isa.17:13, Jer.31:10, Dan.2:44, al.;]
1. in cl., to winnow (so Ru, l.with).
2. In LXX (ll with, exc. Ru), to scatter (as chaff or dust): Luk.20:18 (RV, scatter as dust, Deiss., BS, 225 f., quotes ex. in π. which suggests the meaning ruin, destroy; cf. Vg. comminuet, AV, grind to powder; cf. also Kennedy, Sources, 126), Mat.21:44 [WH], R, txt.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3039 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- grind2
- powder2
First verses
- Matthew 21:44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
- Luke 20:18Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
λικμ-άω,
future -ήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.8)]: aorist ἐλίκμησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 34)]:— part the grain from the chaff, winnow, ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.500; σῖτον λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.6)]; καρπὸν ἀπ᾽ ἀσταχύων B.[same place]: metaphorically, scatter like chaff, [LXX (LXX.Eze.29.12)]; make away with,[LXX (LXX.Isa.30.22)]; crush, destroy, ἐλίκμησάν μου τὸ λάχανον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“BGU” 146.8 (3rd c.AD))]; ἐφ᾽ ὃν δ᾽ ἂν πέσῃ (i.e. ὁ λίθος) λικμήσει αὐτόν [NT (NT.Luke.20.18.)]
future -ήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.8)]: aorist ἐλίκμησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 34)]:— part the grain from the chaff, winnow, ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.500; σῖτον λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.6)]; καρπὸν ἀπ᾽ ἀσταχύων B.[same place]: metaphorically, scatter like chaff, [LXX (LXX.Eze.29.12)]; make away with,[LXX (LXX.Isa.30.22)]; crush, destroy, ἐλίκμησάν μου τὸ λάχανον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“BGU” 146.8 (3rd c.AD))]; ἐφ᾽ ὃν δ᾽ ἂν πέσῃ (i.e. ὁ λίθος) λικμήσει αὐτόν [NT (NT.Luke.20.18.)]